Meanings
- not comparableEmbodied in, or having, flesh (as opposed to just a spirit etc.).
carnate devil
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the carnate world
I fear nothing […] that devil carnate or incarnate [the dangerous libertine Lovelace] can do
1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume IV, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 342"With my eyes open I see but one face; with my eyes closed I see a million faces: they are all yours. And they are loving, and sweet, and kind. 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 (In Kulmakan), page 297Synonyms: incarnate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveEmbodied in, or having, flesh (as opposed to just a spirit etc.).
Origin
- Late Latincarnātus“fleshy”
- Englishcarnate
From Late Latin carnātus (“fleshy”), from oblique stem of Latin carō, carnis (“meat, flesh”) + -ātus (whence -ate).
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carnate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carnate
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