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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.

Definition 2025

incarnate

incarnate

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

incarnate ‎(not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
    • Milton
      Here shalt thou sit incarnate.
    • Jortin
      He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils incarnate, sent into the world for the destruction of mankind.
  2. (obsolete) Flesh-colored, crimson.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over.
  3. (transitive) To make carnal, to reduce the spiritual nature of.
    • Milton
      This essence to incarnate and imbrute, / That to the height of deity aspired.
  4. (transitive) To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.
Translations

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:incarnate.

Related terms

Etymology 3

in- +‎ carnate

Adjective

incarnate ‎(not comparable)

  1. Not in the flesh; spiritual.
    • Richardson
      I fear nothing […] that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do.

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

incarnate

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

incarnāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of incarnō

Etymology

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

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