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Incarnation
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(incarnations) 1. If you say that someone is the incarnation of a particular quality, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form. The regime was the very incarnation of evil... = embodiment N-COUNT: N of n 2. An incarnation is an instance of being alive on earth in a particular form. Some religions believe that people have several incarnations in different forms. She began recalling a series of previous incarnations... N-COUNT
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noun Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) the embodiment of a deity or spirit in some earthly form (2) capitalized the union of divinity with humanity in Jesus Christ b. a concrete or actual form of a quality or concept; especially a person showing a trait or typical character to a marked degree she is the ~ of goodness 2. the act of incarnating ; the state of being incarnate 3. a particular physical form or state ; version in another ~ he might be a first vice-president — Walter Teller TV and movie ~s of the story • ~al adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a embodiment in (esp. human) flesh. b (the Incarnation) Theol. the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ. 2 (often foll. by of) a living type (of a quality etc.). 3 Med. the process of forming new flesh. Etymology: ME f. OF f. eccl.L incarnatio -onis (as INCARNATE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. книж. воплощение the I. —- рел. воплощение (божества в Христе) 2. книж. воплощение, олицетворение she is the incarnation of goodness —- она воплощение доброты, она сама доброта 3. мед. заживление, разрастание грануляций 4. мед. грануляция (молодая соединительная ткань) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 the period of time, according to some religions, during which someone is alive in the form of a particular person or animal (She believed that in a previous incarnation she had been an Egyptian queen.) 2 be the incarnation of goodness/evil/sweetness to perfectly represent goodness etc in human form (She was the incarnation of perfect wisdom.) 3 the Incarnation the act of God coming to Earth in the human form of Jesus Christ, according to the Christian religion ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1300, "embodiment of God in the person of Christ," from O.Fr. incarnation, from L.L. incarnationem (nom. incarnatio), from incarnare "to make flesh," from in- "in" + carno (gen. carnis) "flesh." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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