incarnate
pronunciation
How to pronounce incarnate in British English:
UK [ɪnˈkɑ:nət]
How to pronounce incarnate in American English:
US [ɪnˈkɑrnət]
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- Verb:
- make concrete and real
- represent in bodily form
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- Adjective:
- possessing or existing in bodily form
- invested with a bodily form especially of a human body
Word Origin
- incarnate (adj.)
- late 14c., from Late Latin incarnatus "made flesh," a common word among early Christian writers, past participle of Latin incarnare "to make flesh" (see incarnation).
- incarnate (v.)
- 1530s, a back-formation from incarnation, or else from Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare (see incarnation). Related: Incarnated; incarnating.
Example
- 1. Muslims do not believe that jesus was god incarnate .
- 2. The irony will not be lost on those who consider art to be freedom of expression incarnate .
- 3. Many in current human form incarnate this lifetime with dolphin-whale or nature souls .
- 4. How can we handle more humans than are already incarnate ?
- 5. Many twin flames volunteered to incarnate together at this time .