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carnate

carnate adjective: embodied in, or having, flesh (as opposed to just a spirit etc.).

Adjective

carnate (not comparable)

  1. Embodied in, or having, flesh (as opposed to just a spirit etc.).
    • the carnate world
    • carnate devil
    Synonyms:
    incarnate

Examples of carnate in a sentence

  • I fear nothing […] that devil carnate or incarnate [the dangerous libertine Lovelace] can do1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume IV, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John...
  • But I am content with one, with the carnate symbol of them, with you[…]"1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published October 1911, →OCLC, book the third...

Synonyms of carnate

Origin of carnate

From Late Latin carnātus (“fleshy”), from oblique stem of Latin carō, carnis (“meat, flesh”) + -ātus (whence -ate).

Words formed from carnate

Questions about carnate

What does carnate mean?
Carnate means embodied in, or having, flesh (as opposed to just a spirit etc.).
How do you use carnate in a sentence?
I fear nothing […] that devil carnate or incarnate [the dangerous libertine Lovelace] can do
What part of speech is carnate?
Carnate is an adjective.

Words near carnate in the dictionary

  1. Carnarvon
  2. Carnarvonshire
  3. carnary
  4. carnassial
  5. carnassials
  6. carnate
  7. Carnathan
  8. Carnathans
  9. Carnatic
  10. carnation
  11. Carnation Revolution

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