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incarn, v.|ɪnˈkɑːn|
Also 6 en-.
[a. F. incarner (1372 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. incarnāre (5th c.) to make flesh, f. in- (in-2) + caro, carn- flesh.]
1. a. trans. To cover with flesh, cause flesh to grow upon or in, heal over (a wound or sore).
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 122 Leie aboute þe wounde..a defensif of bole armonyak.. aftirward incarne it, þat is to seie brynge ouer fleisch, & aftirward consowde. 1543Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. ii. ix. 23 Than ye must mundifye the place, and incarne it, and seale it up. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 31 This unguent doth digest and incarn wounds and ulcers. 1750Phil. Trans. XLVII. 94 The wound was thoroughly deterged, incarned, and..cicatrized. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 519 Here however the hollows are not incarned or filled-up with a new material.
b. absol. To cause flesh to grow; to induce healing.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Form. S iv b, Ley it on with towe, and a playster, for it dryeth, encarneth, and conforteth. 1694Westmacott Script. Herb. 10 Another oyntment that doth digest, mundify, and incarn. 1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) Dict., Epulotica, Medicines that incarn and cicatrize.
c. intr. To become covered with flesh, to heal.
1689Moyle Sea Chyrurg. ii. x. 57 You will know how it incarns by a reddish speck, which you will see on the end of your Tent when you take it out. 1776Phil. Trans. LXVI. 438 As the wound incarned, the..discharge lessened daily. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 43 Incarning and cicatrizing easily.
2. To embody in flesh, to incarnate. rare.
1563[see incarned]. 1882L. Wingfield Gehenna II. vii. 211 Next time that you're re-incarned, you'll be a Byron. 1904Hardy Dynasts I. i. iii. 17 Did I incarn in moulds of all mankind. 1907Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 8/2 Incarned as ‘Superman’ by G.B.S.
Hence inˈcarning vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1721Quincy tr. Hodges' Plague Lond. 200 Incarning is gradually to be effected and the Ulcer slowly healed over. 1813J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 611 To use several medicaments more or less humecting, digesting, deterging, incarning or desiccative, to the sundry burnt parts. |