incarnate

Meaning

Adj

1. Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
2. (obsolete) Flesh-colored, crimson.

Verb

1. To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
2. (obsolete) To incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over.
3. To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.
4. To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.

Synonyms

embody

embodied

personified

personify

corporeal

impersonate

transform

personate

transfigure

disguise

corporal

corporate

substantiate

bodied

born

🐣

body forth

manifest

impersonated

appear

blushing

come into being

concretize

externalize

flesh colour

actualize

objectify

personalize

realize

red

represent

having body

having limb

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈ kɑːɹ.nɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English incarnat, incarnate, from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātus, past participle of incarnārī (“be made flesh”), from in- + Latin carō (“flesh”).