Main Entry:

²in·car·nate

Pronunciation:

\in-ˈkär-ˌnāt, ˈin-ˌ\

Function:

transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):

in·car·nat·ed; in·car·nat·ing

Date:

1533

: to make incarnate: as a: to give bodily form and substance to <incarnates the devil as a serpent> b (1): to give a concrete or actual form to : actualize (2): to constitute an embodiment or type of <no one culture incarnates every important human value — Denis Goulet>