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incarnates

The correct spelling is incarnates.

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verb

Say it like: Inc-arn-ate-s

The correct spelling is incarnates. To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form. 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)"

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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)

Definition

verb

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

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