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The correct spelling is incarnate.
How to pronounce incarnate
IPA: /ɪnˈkɑːneɪt/
Say it like: Inc-arn-ate
The correct spelling is incarnate. Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified. For example: "1760: My uncle Toby’s wound was near well, and as soon as the surgeon recovered his surprize, and could get leave to say as much—he told him, 'twas just beginning to incarnate — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 83)"
Usage Examples
“1760: My uncle Toby’s wound was near well, and as soon as the surgeon recovered his surprize, and could get leave to say as much—he told him, 'twas just beginning to incarnate — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 83)”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
- 2.Flesh-colored, crimson.
- 3.Not in the flesh; spiritual.
verb
- 1.To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
- 2.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.
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