I. in-ˈkär-nət, -ˌnāt adjective
Etymology: Middle English incarnat, from Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare to incarnate, from Latin in- + carn-, caro flesh — more at carnal
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : invested with bodily and especially human nature and form
b. : made manifest or comprehensible : embodied
a fiend incarnate
2. : incarnadine
incarnate clover
II. in-ˈkär-ˌnāt, ˈin-ˌ transitive verb
( -nat·ed ; -nat·ing )
Date: 1533
: to make incarnate: as
a. : to give bodily form and substance to
incarnate s the devil as a serpent
b.
(1) : to give a concrete or actual form to : actualize
(2) : to constitute an embodiment or type of
no one culture incarnate s every important human value — Denis Goulet