incarnate
/ɪnˈkɑːɹ.nɪt/ verb C2- To embody in flesh; to invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
- To gain full existence (bodily or otherwise).
- To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.
- To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.
He/she/it incarnates · Past incarnated · Past participle incarnated · -ing form incarnating
Verb forms
- Base form
- incarnate
- He/she/it
- incarnates
- Past
- incarnated
- Past participle
- incarnated
- -ing form
- incarnating
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'By your leave, madame,' said he—half-Italian, you know, and with the Southern graces of manner when in the mood, but a devil incarnate in the other mood.
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