Meaning

5 senses
  1. (intransitive)To embody in flesh; to invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.

    воплоща́тьvoploščátʹ, воплоти́тьvoplotítʹ, олицетворя́тьolicetvorjátʹ

    represent in bodily form

  2. (broadly, intransitive)To gain full existence (bodily or otherwise).

  3. (transitive)To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.

    осуществля́тьosuščestvljátʹ, осуществи́тьosuščestvítʹ

  5. (intransitive, obsolete)To incarn; to become covered with flesh; to heal over.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. I am innocence incarnate.

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  2. Tom is evil incarnate.

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  3. She incarnates all womanly virtues.

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  4. You are the devil incarnate.

    deDu bist der leibhaftige Teufel.

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  5. This woman is perfection incarnate.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 2
to embody in flesh:
to represent in a concrete form:

Origin

First attested in 1533; borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātus, see -ate (verb-form

First attested in 1533; borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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Forms

incarnates, incarnating, incarnated, incarnated
Base formincarnate · to incarnate
3rd person singularincarnates
Present participleincarnating
Past simpleincarnated
Past participleincarnated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyincarnate
he, she, itincarnates

Past simpleLesson

all personsincarnated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave incarnated
he, she, ithas incarnated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill incarnate

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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