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incarné

incarnate, embodied

adjective ehn-kar-NEH Rare

Also means

ingrown (nail)

Usage Note

Incarné is used theologically to mean made flesh (as in le Verbe incarné, the Word made flesh), and more broadly to mean the embodiment of a quality (il est la bonté incarnée — he is kindness personified). In a completely different medical sense, ongle incarné means an ingrown toenail. Feminine form: incarnée.

Examples

"Il est le mal incarné selon ses adversaires."

Natural Translation

He is evil incarnate according to his opponents.

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