incarnate
/ษชnหkษหneษชt/IPA: /IH0 N K AA1 R N AH0 T/
adjective
- 1
Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
- 2
Flesh-colored, crimson.
verb
- 1
To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
- 2
To incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over.
โ1760: My uncle Tobyโs wound was near well, and as soon as the surgeon recovered his surprize, and could get leave to say as muchโhe told him, 'twas just beginning to incarnate โ Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 83)โ
- 3
To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.
- 4
To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.
adjective
- 1
Not in the flesh; spiritual.
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