incarnation

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From Middle English incarnacion, from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (to be made flesh).

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incarnation (plural incarnations)

  1. An incarnate being or form.
  2. A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
  3. An assumption of human form or nature.
  4. A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like
    The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
  5. The act of incarnating.
  6. The state of being incarnated.

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incarnation f. (plural incarnations)

  1. embodiment (entity typifying an abstraction)
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