Definition of "incarnation" in Englisch

noun

1. An incarnate being or form.

   • She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.

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.

   • The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.

6. The act of incarnating.

7. The state of being incarnated.

8. (obsolete) A rosy or red colour; flesh (the colour); carnation.

9. (medicine, obsolete) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.