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Adjective: incarnate  in'kaa(r)-nut
  1. Possessing or existing in bodily form
    "an incarnate spirit";
    - bodied, corporal, corporate [archaic], embodied
     
  2. Invested with a bodily form especially of a human body
    "a monarch … regarded as a god incarnate"
Verb: incarnate  in'kaa(r)-nut
  1. Make concrete and real
    "The sculpture incarnated the artist's vision"
     
  2. Represent in bodily form
    "The actor incarnated the character's emotions through his gestures";
    - body forth, embody, substantiate

Derived forms: incarnated, incarnates, incarnating

See also: bodied, corporeal, material

Type of: actualise [Brit], actualize, correspond, realise [Brit], realize, represent, stand for, substantiate

Antonym: disincarnate

Encyclopedia: Incarnate