disincarnate

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ incarnate

Adjective

disincarnate (not comparable)

1. (Of a being) without a body

Synonyms

• bodiless
• incorporeal

Translations

without a body

Greek: εξαϋλωμένος (el) (exaÿloménos) m., ασώματος (el) (asómatos) m.

Portuguese: desencarnado (pt) m.

Verb

disincarnate (third-person singular simple present disincarnates, present participle disincarnating, simple past and past participle disincarnated)

1. (transitive) To divest of body; to make immaterial.
2. (religion, intransitive) To die, in context of subsequently existing outside the body (for example, as a soul or spirit).

Translations

to divest of body

Greek: εξαϋλώνω (el) (exaÿlóno)

to become a bodiless soul or spirit

Portuguese: desencarnar (pt)

References

• “disincarnate” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.
• "disincarnate" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Anagrams

• incardinates