incarnate

UK: /ɪnˈkɑː^rnət/, /ɪnˈkɑː^rneɪt/

US: /adj. ɪnˈkɑrnɪt, -neɪt; v. -neɪt/

US: (adj. in kär′nit, -nāt; v. in kär′nāt)

Inflections of 'incarnate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

incarnates

v 3rd person singular

incarnating

v pres p

incarnated

v past

incarnated

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•car•nate /adj. ɪnˈkɑrnɪt, -neɪt; v. -neɪt/   adj., v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 
adj. [after a noun]

1. given a bodily, esp. a human, form:
   a devil incarnate.
2. personified;
   typified:
   The alien monster represents evil incarnate.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•car•nate  (adj. in kär′nit, -nāt;v. in kär′nāt), adj., v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 
adj. 

1. embodied in flesh;
   given a bodily, esp. a human, form:
   a devil incarnate.
2. personified or typified, as a quality or idea:
   chivalry incarnate.
3. flesh-colored or crimson.

v.t. 

4. to put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea:
   The building incarnates the architect's latest theories.
5. to be the embodiment or type of:
   Her latest book incarnates the literature of our day.
6. to embody in flesh;
   invest with a bodily, esp. a human, form:
   a man who incarnated wisdom and compassion.

• Late Latin incarnātus past participle of incarnāre to make into flesh, equivalent. to in- in-² + carn- flesh (see carnal) + -ātus -ate¹
• late Middle English 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

incarnate adjective / ɪnˈkɑːnɪt -neɪt/(usually immediately postpositive)

1. possessing bodily form, esp the human form: a devil incarnate
2. personified or typified: stupidity incarnate

verb / ɪnˈkɑːneɪt/(transitive)

1. to give a bodily or concrete form to
2. to be representative or typical of

Etymology: 14th Century: from Late Latin incarnāre to make flesh, from Latin in-² + carō flesh