adjective / verb

incarnate

in-KAR-nut/ɪnˈkɑːrnət/

Representing an idea or quality in physical form.

The abstract human form becomes incarnate as a solid woman emerges.

An airy, abstract human-shaped outline resolves into a fully solid woman, making the transition from an immaterial idea to bodily form visible in one simple symbolic scene.

Etymology

inLatinin, into

+carnLatinflesh

+ateLatinpast-participle ending

The pieces convey being “made flesh”: a soul or spirit takes bodily form. Applied to an abstract quality, the same image makes that quality seem physically present in a person.

In context

Jordan Hurt44:48

ultimately appearing is the Incarnate Word to live forever as God in human form he's the bridge God took on Humanity

Examining the Godhead Pt. II

More examples

To the frightened villagers, the cruel ruler was evil incarnate.
The statue incarnates the city's spirit of defiance.
The dancer seems like grace incarnate as she crosses the stage.

Forms

incarnate · incarnates · incarnated · incarnating

incarnation noun — A person or thing embodying a quality.

Similar words

embody: More broadly covers expressing ideas through people, objects, or actions.
personify: Emphasizes representing a quality through a person or human figure.