In*car"nate (?), a. [Pref. in-
not + carnate.] Not in the flesh; spiritual.
[Obs.]
I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or
incarnate can fairly do.
Richardson.
In*car"nate, a. [L. incarnatus,
p. p. of incarnare to incarnate, pref. in- in +
caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
1. Invested with flesh; embodied in a human
nature and form; united with, or having, a human body.
Here shalt thou sit incarnate.
Milton.
He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils
incarnate, sent into the world for the destruction of
mankind.
Jortin.
2. Flesh-colored; rosy; red. [Obs.]
Holland.
In*car"nate (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Incarnated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Incarnating (?).] To clothe with flesh; to
embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human
from or nature.
This essence to incarnate and imbrute,
That to the height of deity aspired.
Milton.
In*car"nate, v. i. To form flesh;
to granulate, as a wound. [R.]
My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just
beginning to incarnate.
Sterne.
