different between reincarnation vs incarnate

English

Etymology

From reincarnate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

reincarnation (countable and uncountable, plural reincarnations)

1. A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.
2. The philosophy of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs.
3. A fresh embodiment.
4. A new, considerably improved, version.

Synonyms

• rebirth (1, and to some extent 2)
• (fresh embodiment): reembodiment

Derived terms

• reincarnationism
• reincarnationist

Related terms

• carnal
• incarnation
• reincarnate
• reincarnated

Translations

See also

• rebirth
• transmigration

Further reading

• reincarnation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• reincarnation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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)

1. (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.

2. (obsolete) Flesh-colored, crimson.

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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)

1. (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.

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.

3. (transitive) To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.
4. (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)

1. Not in the flesh; spiritual.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa

     I fear nothing […] that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do.

Anagrams

• Nectarian, cane train, in a canter, nectarian

Italian

Verb

incarnate

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

Anagrams

• antraceni, canterina, inarcante, incantare, incanterà

Latin

Verb

incarn?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of incarn?