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Webster 1913 Edition

Incarnate

In-car′nate

,
Adj.
[Pref.
in-
not +
carnate
.]
Not in the flesh; spiritual.
[Obs.]
I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or
incarnate
can fairly do.
Richardson.

In-car′nate

,
Adj.
[L.
incarnatus
, p. p. of
incarnare
to incarnate, pref.
in-
in +
caro
,
carnis
, flesh. See
Carnal
.]
1.
Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body.
Here shalt thou sit
incarnate
.
Milton.
He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils
incarnate
, sent into the world for the destruction of mankind.
Jortin.
2.
Flesh-colored; rosy; red.
[Obs.]
Holland.

In-car′nate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Incarnated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Incarnating
.]
To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature.
This essence to
incarnate
and imbrute,
That to the height of deity aspired.
Milton.

In-car′nate

,
Verb.
I.
To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound.
[R.]
My uncle Toby’s wound was nearly well – 't was just beginning to
incarnate
.
Sterne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Incarnate

INC`ARNATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. incarno; in and caro, flesh.]
To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh.

INC`ARNATE

,
Adj.
Invested with flesh; embodied in flesh; a the incarnate Son of God.
1.
In Scotland, of a red color; flesh-colored.

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