incarnate

/in'kɑ:nit/
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incarnate

The king was regarded as a god incarnate.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Invested with a bodily form, especially human form: Used to describe a spirit, deity, or abstract quality that has taken on a physical, human body. It often implies a perfect or extreme embodiment.
    • Possessing or existing in bodily form: More generally, it means having a tangible, physical form.

  2. Verb:

    • To represent in bodily form; to embody: To give a concrete, physical form to an idea, quality, or spirit.
    • To make concrete and real: To put an abstract concept into a tangible or visible form.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The villagers believed the wise elder was a god incarnate.
    • He is cruelty incarnate; he shows no mercy to anyone.

  • Verb:

    • The artist's new sculpture incarnates the concept of peace.
    • In her leadership, she incarnated the hopes of her people.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be incarnate": To exist in a physical, bodily form.
    • For believers, the divine became incarnate in human history.
  • "evil incarnate" / "goodness incarnate": Used as a noun phrase to describe a person who is the ultimate or perfect example of that quality.
    • The villain in the story is not just bad; he is evil incarnate.
Variants and Related Words
  • Incarnation (n): The act of incarnating or the state of being incarnate; a concrete or physical version of something.
    • This project is the latest incarnation of his original idea.
  • Reincarnate (v): To be born again in a new body after death.
    • Some believe that souls reincarnate.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Embodied, personified, manifested, corporeal.
  • Verb: Embody, personify, manifest, substantiate, materialize.
Related Phrases
  • The Incarnation (proper noun): In Christian theology, the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ.
incarnate

The king was regarded as a god incarnate.

Adjective
  1. invested with a bodily form especially of a human body
    • a monarch...regarded as a god incarnate
  2. possessing or existing in bodily form
    • what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind- Shakespeare
    • an incarnate spirit
    • `corporate' is an archaic term
Verb
  1. represent in bodily form
    • He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
    • The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
  2. make concrete and real

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