v. i. To develop flesh. [ R. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. incarner. See Incarnate. ] To cover or invest with flesh. [ R. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. incarnadin, It. incarnatino; L. pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. Cf. Carnation, Incarnate. ] Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. [ Obs. ] Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dye red or crimson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incarnatus, p. p. of incarnare to incarnate, pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here shalt thou sit incarnate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils incarnate, sent into the world for the destruction of mankind. Jortin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Flesh-colored; rosy; red. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + carnate. ] Not in the flesh; spiritual. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

This essence to incarnate and imbrute,
That to the height of deity aspired. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just beginning to incarnate. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. incarnation, LL. incarnatio. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act. [ 1913 Webster ]

She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very incarnation of selfishness. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. incarnatif. ] Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative. -- n. An incarnative medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]