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incarnation.

An incarnate being or form.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɪŋ.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌɪŋ.kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən/US
  1. An incarnate being or form.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A version or iteration (of something).

    countable · uncountable
  3. A living being embodying a deity or spirit.

    countable · uncountable
  4. An assumption of human form or nature.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.

    countable · uncountable
    The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
  6. The act of incarnating.

    countable · uncountable
  7. The state of being incarnated.

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

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  9. The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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