incarnate

== English == === Etymology 1 === First attested in 1395, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English incarnat(e) (“(of God or Christ) embodied in human form or flesh, incarnate; provided with new tissues, healed; (with devel, in curses) bloody”), borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātus, perfect passive participle of incarnor (“to be made flesh, become incarnate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- + Latin carō (“flesh”, carn- in its oblique stem) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɑːɹ.nɪt/, /ɪnˈkɑːɹ.neɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɑːneɪt/, /ɪnˈkɑːnət/ ==== Adjective ==== incarnate (not comparable) (traditionally postpositive, now frequently prepositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified. 1751-1753, John Jortin, Remarks on Ecclesiastical History He […] represents the emperor and his wife as two devils incarnate, sent into the world for the destruction of mankind. (obsolete) Flesh-colored; crimson. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === First attested in 1533; borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɑːɹ.nɪt/, /ɪnˈkɑːɹ.neɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪnkɑːneɪt/, /ɪnˈkɑːneɪt/ ==== Verb ==== incarnate (third-person singular simple present incarnates, present participle incarnating, simple past and past participle incarnated) (intransitive) To embody in flesh; to invest with a bodily, especially a human, form. (intransitive, by extension) To gain full existence (bodily or otherwise). (obsolete, intransitive) To incarn; to become covered with flesh; to heal over. (transitive) To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of. (transitive, figurative) To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea. ===== Quotations ===== For quotations using this term, see Citations:incarnate. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From in- +‎ carnate. ==== Adjective ==== incarnate (not comparable) (rare) Not in the flesh; spiritual. === Anagrams === Nectarian, cane train, in a canter, nectarian == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== incarnate inflection of incarnare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== incarnate f pl feminine plural of incarnato === Anagrams === antraceni, canterina, inarcante, incantare, incanterà == Latin == === Verb === incarnāte second-person plural present active imperative of incarnō