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incarnate

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>

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