adj.
/
ɪnˈkɑːnət/
[
often postpos.]
- (of a deity or spirit) embodied in human form.
- represented in the ultimate or most extreme form:
capitalism incarnate.
v.
/
ˈɪnkɑːneɪt,
-ˈkɑːneɪt/
- embody or represent (a deity or spirit) in human form.
- be the living embodiment of (a quality).
Etymology
ME: from eccles. L. incarnat-, incarnare ‘make flesh’, from L. in- ‘into’ + caro, carn- ‘flesh’.