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<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Incarnadine</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*car"na*dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>incarnadin</ets>, It. <ets>incarnatino</ets>; L. pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>caro</ets>, <ets>carnis</ets>, flesh. Cf. <er>Carnation</er>, <er>Incarnate</er>.]</ety> <def>Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Lovelace.</i>

<h1>Incarnadine</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*car"na*dine</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To dye red or crimson.</def>

<blockquote>Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas <b>incarnadine</b>, Making the green one red. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incarnate</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*car"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>carnate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not in the flesh; spiritual.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or <b>incarnate</b> can fairly do. <i>Richardson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incarnate</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*car"nate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>incarnatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>incarnare</ets> to incarnate, pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>caro</ets>, <ets>carnis</ets>, flesh. See <er>Carnal</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body.</def>

<blockquote>Here shalt thou sit <b>incarnate</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils <b>incarnate</b>, sent into the world for the destruction of mankind. <i>Jortin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Flesh-colored; rosy; red.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Incarnate</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*car"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Incarnated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Incarnating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature.</def>

<blockquote>This essence to <b>incarnate</b> and imbrute, That to the height of deity aspired. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incarnate</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In*car"nate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just beginning to <b>incarnate</b>. <i>Sterne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Incarnation</h1> <Xpage=742>

<hw>In`car*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>incarnation</ets>, LL. <ets>incarnatio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act.</def>

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