I. in ‧ car ‧ nate 1 /ɪnˈkɑːnət, ɪnˈkɑːnɪt $ -ɑːr-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: past participle of incarnare , from Latin caro 'flesh' ]
1 . be evil/beauty/greed etc incarnate to have an extreme amount of a particular quality:
He is now respectability incarnate.
2 . having taken human form:
Jesus, the incarnate Son of God
The media cast him as the devil incarnate (=someone very evil) .
II. in ‧ car ‧ nate 2 /ˈɪnkɑːneɪt $ -ɑːr-/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] formal
1 . to represent a particular quality in a physical or human form:
The crown incarnates national power.
2 . to make something appear in a human form