Main Entry: ¹in·car·nate

Pronunciation: \in-ˈkär-nət, -ˌnāt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English incarnat, from Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare to incarnate, from Latin in- + carn-, caro flesh — more at carnal

Date: 14th century

1 a : invested with bodily and especially human nature and form b : made manifest or comprehensible : embodied <a fiend incarnate>
2 : incarnadine <incarnate clover>