incarnate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Adjective 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.3 Quotations 1.2.4 Related terms 2 Italian 2.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From ecclesiastical Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnari (“‘be made flesh’”), from in- + caro (“‘flesh’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈkɑ:neɪt/, /ɪnˈkɑ:nət/

[edit] Adjective

incarnate (comparative more incarnate, superlative most incarnate)

1. Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
2. (obsolete) Flesh-colored, crimson.

[edit] Etymology 2

From the past participle stem of Latin incarnare (“‘make flesh’”), from in- + caro (“‘flesh’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪnkɑ:neɪt/, /ɪnˈkɑ:neɪt/

[edit] Verb

to incarnate (third-person singular simple present incarnates, present participle incarnating, simple past and past participle incarnated)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over.
2. (transitive) To make carnal, to reduce the spiritual nature of.
3. (transitive) To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
4. (transitive) To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Related terms

• carnal
• incarnation
• reincarnate
• reincarnation

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

incarnate

1. Second-person plural present tense of incarnare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of incarnare.
3. Feminine plural of incarnato.