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