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▪ I. excarnate, a.|ɛksˈkɑːnət|
[ad. late L. excarnāt-us, f. excarnāre: see next.]
Divested of flesh, or of a human body: opp. to incarnate.
1858Sears Athan. iii. i. 255 The Divine Word..again becoming excarnate, and ascending to a reunion with God.
▪ II. † exˈcarnate, v. Obs.
[f. late L. excarnāt- ppl. stem of excarnāre to deprive of flesh, f. ex- out whence carn-em flesh.]
1. trans. To strip off or remove the flesh or fleshy parts of.
1648Petty Advice to Hartlib 14 The Mate [of the Chyrurgeon] shall..excarnate bowels, artificially dry the Muscles, &c. 1693Phil. Trans. XVII. 975 The lateral Fins of it being excarnated, are like the whole Arm. 1709Blair ibid. XXVII. 57 The time..was taken up in excarnating, boyling, and taking care of the Bones. 1755in Johnson; whence in mod. Dicts.
b. with reference to plants.
1664Evelyn Sylva (1776) 189 If you sow them [Black Cherry stones] in beds immediately after they are excarnated. 1671Grew Anat. Plants i. i. §25 This Seminal Root..cannot be perfectly excarnated..by the most accurate Hand. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Service.
2. intr. To lose flesh, grow lean.
1740Dyche & Pardon Dict. (ed. 3), Excarnate, to grow lean naturally.
Hence excarnated ppl. a., excarnating vbl. n.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Excarnated, become lean, nothing but skin and bone. 1709Blair in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 94 A Butcher..assisted at the Excarnating of the Bones. |