incarnate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈkɑrnət/ UK /ɪnˈkɑːnət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
embodied in flesh or in concrete form; personified

To the villagers he was greed incarnate, devouring all in his path.

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Synonyms

1 adj · embodied in flesh or in... embodied personified corporeal manifest bodily

Opposites

disembodied incorporeal abstract

Word family

Derived forms incarnation

Related forms carnal carnation reincarnate

Etymology

From Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare ('to make flesh'), from in- ('in') + caro, carnis ('flesh').

incarnare Late Latin caro Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# incarnate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈkɑrnət/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈkɑːnət/

## Meanings
1. embodied in flesh or in concrete form; personified

## Examples
- To the villagers he was greed incarnate, devouring all in his path.

## Synonyms
- embodied
- personified
- corporeal
- manifest
- bodily

## Antonyms
- disembodied
- incorporeal
- abstract

## Derived Forms
- incarnation

## Related Forms
- carnal
- carnation
- reincarnate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: incarnare
- Root: caro

## Etymology
From Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare ('to make flesh'), from in- ('in') + caro, carnis ('flesh').

## AI Etymology
Incarnate comes from Late Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare ('to make flesh'), from in- ('in') + caro, carnis ('flesh'). The etymological trail includes Late Latin incarnare and Latin caro. As an adjective, incarnate means embodied in flesh or in concrete form; personified. The same family is visible in derived forms such as incarnation and related forms such as carnal, carnation, and reincarnate. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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