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单词 incarnate
释义 in·car·nate
I. \(ˈ)in|kärnə̇]t, ə̇nˈk-, -kȧn-, -ˌnā], usu ]d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English incarnat, from Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare
1.
 a. : invested with flesh or bodily nature and form, especially with human nature and form
  < a monarch … regarded as a god incarnate — D.L.Oliver >
  < an incarnate spirit >
 b. : that is the very type or essence of
  < purity incarnate >
  < that remote valley was peace incarnate >
  < confusion incarnate >
 broadly : utter, unspeakable
  < a fiend incarnate >
 c. : made manifest or comprehensible : embodied
  < in the … United Nations there is now incarnate the hope of people everywhere that this world may become one in spirit as it is in fact — H.L.Stimson >
2. : incarnadine — used chiefly of floral colors
 < incarnate clover >
II. \ə̇nˈkärˌnāt, ˈinˌk-, -kȧˌn-, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare to make flesh, make fleshy, incarnate, from Latin in- in- (II) + carn-, caro flesh — more at carnal
transitive verb
1. : to make incarnate: as
 a. : to give bodily form and substance to
  < incarnating the devil as a serpent >
  < most peoples have some tradition of spiritual powers that incarnate themselves as man >
 b. : to give a concrete or actual form to : embody in reality or in a more definite ideal form : actualize
  < incarnate a political theory in institutions >
  < incarnating ideals by helping others >
 c. : to constitute an embodiment or type of
  < an international organization that incarnates all our hopes for lasting peace >
  < in this man the spirit of the times is incarnated >
2. obsolete : incarn
intransitive verb
obsolete : incarn
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