incarnate
verb/ˈɪnkɑːneɪt/
/ˈɪnkɑːrneɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they incarnate | /ˈɪnkɑːneɪt/ /ˈɪnkɑːrneɪt/ |
| he / she / it incarnates | /ˈɪnkɑːneɪts/ /ˈɪnkɑːrneɪts/ |
| past simple incarnated | /ˈɪnkɑːneɪtɪd/ /ˈɪnkɑːrneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle incarnated | /ˈɪnkɑːneɪtɪd/ /ˈɪnkɑːrneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form incarnating | /ˈɪnkɑːneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪnkɑːrneɪtɪŋ/ |
- incarnate something to give a definite or human form to a particular idea or quality synonym embodyWord Originlate Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin incarnat- ‘made flesh’, from the verb incarnare, from in- ‘into’ + caro, carn- ‘flesh’.
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