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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryin·car·nate I \in-ˈkär-nət, -ˌnāt\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Middle English incarnat, from Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare to incarnate, from Latin in- + carn-, caro flesh — more at carnal DATE 14th century1. a. invested with bodily and especially human nature and form b. made manifest or comprehensible : embodied a fiend incarnate2. incarnadine incarnate clover II \in-ˈkär-ˌnāt, ˈin-ˌ\ transitive verb (-nat·ed ; -nat·ing) DATE 1533: to make incarnate: as a. to give bodily form and substance to incarnates the devil as a serpent b. (1) to give a concrete or actual form to : actualize (2) to constitute an embodiment or type of no one culture incarnates every important human value — Denis GouletOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7incarnatein·car·nate adjective / in5kB:nEt; NAmE -5kB:rn- / (usually after nouns 通常在名词之后) (formal) in human form 人体化的；化身的；拟人化的: The leader seemed the devil incarnate. 那个首领好像是魔鬼的化身。 verb/ 5inkB:neit; NAmE -kB:rn- / [VN] (formal) to give a definite or human form to a particular idea or quality 将(概念或品质)具体化；使人格化；拟人化 SYN embody Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionadj. Function: verb Synonyms: EMBODY 1, exteriorize, externalize, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify, personize, substantiateWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedin·car·nateI. \(ˈ)in|kärnə̇]t, ə̇nˈk-, -kȧn-, -ˌnā], usu ]d.+V\ adjectiveEtymology: Middle English incarnat, from Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare1. a. : invested with flesh or bodily nature and form, especially with human nature and form < a monarch … regarded as a god incarnate — D.L.Oliver > < an incarnate spirit > b. : that is the very type or essence of < purity incarnate > < that remote valley was peace incarnate > < confusion incarnate > broadly : utter, unspeakable < a fiend incarnate > c. : made manifest or comprehensible : embodied < in the … United Nations there is now incarnate the hope of people everywhere that this world may become one in spirit as it is in fact — H.L.Stimson >2. : incarnadine — used chiefly of floral colors < incarnate clover >II. \ə̇nˈkärˌnāt, ˈinˌk-, -kȧˌn-, usu -ād.+V\ verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare to make flesh, make fleshy, incarnate, from Latin in- in- (II) + carn-, caro flesh — more at carnaltransitive verb1. : to make incarnate: as a. : to give bodily form and substance to < incarnating the devil as a serpent > < most peoples have some tradition of spiritual powers that incarnate themselves as man > b. : to give a concrete or actual form to : embody in reality or in a more definite ideal form : actualize < incarnate a political theory in institutions > < incarnating ideals by helping others > c. : to constitute an embodiment or type of < an international organization that incarnates all our hopes for lasting peace > < in this man the spirit of the times is incarnated >2. obsolete : incarnintransitive verbobsolete : incarn

Incarnate To Form Verb Latin Human Give Bodily