incarnate

incarnate
incarnates, incarnating, incarnated
(The adjective is pronounced [[t]ɪnkɑ͟ː(r)nɪt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪ̱nkɑː(r)neɪt[/t]].)
1) ADJ: n ADJ If you say that someone is a quality incarnate, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form.

She is evil incarnate...

He is cynicism incarnate.

Syn:
personified
2) ADJ: v-link ADJ, n ADJ, ADJ n You use incarnate to say that something, especially a god or spirit, is represented in human form.

Why should God become incarnate as a male?...

The pharaoh is Osiris, the moon bull incarnate.

3) VERB If you say that a quality is incarnated in a person, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form.

[be V-ed in n] The iniquities of the regime are incarnated in one man.

[V n] ...a writer who incarnates the changing consciousness of the Americas.

Syn:
4) VERB: usu passive If you say that someone or something is incarnated in a particular form, you mean that they appear on earth in that form.

[be V-ed prep] He was the god Vishnu incarnated on earth as a righteous king.


English dictionary. 2008.

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