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incarnate
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnari (“be made flesh”), from in- + Latin caro (“flesh”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?k??ne?t/, /?n?k??n?t/
Adjective
incarnate (not comparable)
- (postpositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
- 1751-1753, John Jortin, Remarks on Ecclesiastical History
- He […] represents the emperor and his wife as two devils incarnate, sent into the world for the destruction of mankind.
- 1751-1753, John Jortin, Remarks on Ecclesiastical History
- (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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nk??ne?t/, /?n?k??ne?t/
Verb
incarnate (third-person singular simple present incarnates, present participle incarnating, simple past and past participle incarnated)
- (transitive) To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 2:
- For one thing, we virtually decided that these morbidities and the hellish Himalayan Mi-Go were one and the same order of incarnated nightmare.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 2:
- (obsolete, intransitive) To incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over.
- 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 83)
- My uncle Toby’s wound was near well, and as soon as the surgeon recovered his surprize, and could get leave to say as much—he told him, 'twas just beginning to incarnate.
- 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 83)
- (transitive) To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.
- (transitive, figuratively) To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.
Translations
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:incarnate.
Related terms
- carnal
- incarnation
- reincarnate
- reincarnation
Etymology 3
in- +? carnate
Adjective
incarnate (not comparable)
- Not in the flesh; spiritual.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa
- I fear nothing […] that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa
Anagrams
- Nectarian, cane train, in a canter, nectarian
Italian
Verb
incarnate
- second-person plural present indicative of incarnare
- second-person plural imperative of incarnare
- feminine plural of incarnato
Anagrams
- antraceni, canterina, inarcante, incantare, incanterà
Latin
Verb
incarn?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of incarn?
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incarnation
English
Etymology
From Middle English incarnacion, borrowed from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (“to be made flesh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k??(?)?ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
incarnation (countable and uncountable, plural incarnations)
- An incarnate being or form.
- 1815, Francis Jeffrey, Wordsworth's White Doe (review)
- She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.
- 1922, Baroness Orczy, The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
- Robespierre, the very incarnation of lustful and deadly Vengeance, stands silently by..
- 1815, Francis Jeffrey, Wordsworth's White Doe (review)
- 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 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
- carnal
- incarnate
- reincarnate
- reincarnation
Translations
Further reading
- incarnation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incarnation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Middle French incarnation, from Old French incarnacion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarn?ti?, incarn?ti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.ka?.na.sj??/
Noun
incarnation f (plural incarnations)
- embodiment (entity typifying an abstraction)
Related terms
- incarner
Further reading
- “incarnation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French incarnacion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarn?ti?, incarn?ti?nem.
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)
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