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incarnate adjective /ɪnˈkɑːnət/ /ɪnˈkɑːrnət/ usually after nouns (formal) jump to other results - in human form
- The leader seemed the devil incarnate.
- My aunt is generosity incarnate.
Word Originlate Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin incarnat- ‘made flesh’, from the verb incarnare, from in- ‘into’ + caro, carn- ‘flesh’.
incarnate verb /ˈɪnkɑːneɪt/ /ˈɪnkɑːrneɪt/ (formal) jump to other results - incarnate something to give a definite or human form to a particular idea or quality synonym embody
Word Originlate Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin incarnat- ‘made flesh’, from the verb incarnare, from in- ‘into’ + caro, carn- ‘flesh’.
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