incarnate

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɪnˈkɑːneɪt/, /ɪnˈkɑːnət/

Adjective

incarnate (not comparable)

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

Translations

given a bodily form

• Finnish: ruumiillistunut (fi), lihallistunut (fi)

• Greek: ενσαρκωμένος (el) (ensarkoménos) m

flesh-colored — see crimson

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɪnkɑːneɪt/, /ɪnˈkɑːneɪt/

Verb

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.

Translations

incarn — see incarn

to make carnal

• Finnish: maallistaa (fi)

• Greek: ενσαρκώνω (el) (ensarkóno)

to embody in flesh

• Finnish: ruumiillistaa (fi)

to represent in a concrete form

• Finnish: havainnollistaa (fi)

• Greek: προσωποποιώ (el) (prosopopoió)

Quotations

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Related terms

• carnal
• incarnation
• reincarnate
• reincarnation

Anagrams

• in a canter

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Italian

Verb

incarnate

1. second-person plural present indicative of incarnare
2. second-person plural imperative of incarnare
3. Feminine plural of incarnato

Anagrams

• antraceni, canterina, inarcante, incantare, incanterà

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Latin

Verb

incarnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of incarnō