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| 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. | |
| 2. | (Theol.) The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ. | |
| 3. | An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act. | |
| 4. | A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. | |
| 5. | (Med.) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation. |
| Noun | 1. | incarnation - a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning" Synonyms: avatar, embodiment |
| 2. | Incarnation - (Christianity) the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ | |
| 3. | incarnation - time passed in a particular bodily form; "he believes that his life will be better in his next incarnation" | |
| 4. | incarnation - the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. Synonyms: personification |