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incarnation

Pronunciation: /ˌɪŋ.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/

The English word “incarnation” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An incarnate being or form.
  2. A version or iteration (of something).
  3. A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
  4. An assumption of human form or nature.
  5. A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
  6. The act of incarnating.
  7. The state of being incarnated.
  8. A rosy or red colour; flesh (the colour); carnation.
  9. The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.

Etymology

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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