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Definition of: incarnate
(in·kär′nāt) v.t. ·nat·ed, ·nat·ing
1. To embody in flesh; give bodily form to.
2. To give concrete shape or form to; actualize: a doctrine incarnated in institutions.
3. To be the embodiment of; typify: The warrior incarnates the spirit of battle.
—adjective (-nit)
1. Invested with flesh.
2. Embodied in human form: a fiend incarnate.
3. Personified or epitomized: savagery incarnate.
4. Flesh–colored; roseate. [<LL incarnatus, pp. of incarnare embody in flesh <in- in + caro, carnis flesh]
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