Meaning & use
incarnate
Embodied in physical, especially human, form; representing a quality or idea in a concrete, living being.
See it in a sentence
To his enemies, the general seemed like nothing less than cruelty incarnate.
The frightened villagers whispered that the strange visitor was evil incarnate.
A note on using this word
Incarnate almost always follows the noun it modifies, as in 'evil incarnate,' rather than preceding it.
Words with a similar meaning
embodiedpersonified
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To give a bodily or concrete form to an idea or quality.
The artist tried to incarnate hope itself in a single sculpture.
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