incarnate meaning and definition

INCARNATE verb

Definition of incarnate (verb)

1. make concrete and real
   • antonym: disincarnate
2. represent in bodily form
   • "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
   • synonyms: body forth, embody, substantiate

INCARNATE adjective

Definition of incarnate (adjective)

1. possessing or existing in bodily form
   • "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"
   • synonyms: bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied
2. invested with a bodily form especially of a human body
   • "a monarch...regarded as a god incarnate"