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Webster 1913 Edition
Incarnation
Inˊcar-na′tion
,Noun.
[F.
incarnation
, LL. incarnatio
.] 1.
The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.
2.
(Theol.)
The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.
3.
An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act.
She is a new
incarnation
of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey.
The very
incarnation
of selfishness. F. W. Robertson.
4.
A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation.
[Obs.]
5.
(Med.)
The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incarnation
INCARNA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of assuming flesh, or of taking a human body and the nature of man; as the incarnation of the Son of God.2.
In surgery, the process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh.Definition 2024
Incarnation
Incarnation
See also: incarnation
English
Proper noun
Incarnation
- (Christianity) The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human.
Translations
doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human
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incarnation
incarnation
See also: Incarnation
English
Noun
incarnation (plural incarnations)
- An incarnate being or form.
- Jeffrey
- She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.
- F. W. Robertson
- The very incarnation of selfishness.
- 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
- The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
- Jeffrey
- A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
- An assumption of human form or nature.
- A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like
- The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
- The act of incarnating.
- The state of being incarnated.
- (obsolete) A rosy or red colour; flesh colour; carnation.
- (medicine, obsolete) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
Related terms
Translations
incarnate being or form
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living being embodying a deity or spirit
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assumption of human form or nature
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person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like
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act of incarnating
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state of being incarnated
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External links
- incarnation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- incarnation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃/
Noun
incarnation f (plural incarnations)
- embodiment (entity typifying an abstraction)
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin incarnātiō.
Noun
incarnation f (plural incarnations)
- (Christianity) Incarnation. Specifically, the incarnation of God in the form of Jesus Christ.
Descendants
- French: incarnation
References
- incarnation on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)