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incarnation

noun
/ˌɪŋ.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌɪŋ.kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

From Middle English incarnacion, borrowed from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (“to be made flesh”).

  1. derived from incarnari
  2. derived from incarnatio
  3. derived from incarnacion
  4. inherited from incarnacion

Definitions

  1. An incarnate being or form.

    • She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.
    • Robespierre, the very incarnation of lustful and deadly Vengeance, stands silently by..

  2. A version or iteration (of something).

  3. A living being embodying a deity or spirit.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. An assumption of human form or nature.

    2. A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.

      • The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.

    3. The act of incarnating.

    4. The state of being incarnated.

    5. A rosy or red colour

      A rosy or red colour; flesh (the colour); carnation.

    6. The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh

      The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.

    7. The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of…

      The doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is fully divine and fully human.

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Derived

disincarnation, incarnational

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for incarnation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA