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Alive vs Incarnate - What's the difference?

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Alive is a related term of incarnate.


As adjectives the difference between alive and incarnate

is that alive is having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive while incarnate is embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified or incarnate can be not in the flesh; spiritual.

As a verb incarnate is

(obsolete|intransitive) to incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over.

alive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.
  • In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent
    • to keep the fire alive'; to keep the affections ' alive .
  • Exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
    • The Boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs. -- .
  • Sprightly; lively; brisk.
  • Having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
    • Tremblingly alive to nature's laws. -- .
  • As intensifier, of all living.
    • Northumberland was the proudest man alive . --.

    Usage notes

    * As intensifier, used colloquially "man alive!", "sakes alive!". * Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies.

    Antonyms

    * dead

    Derived terms

    * alive and kicking * aliveness * Christ alive * dead or alive * eat someone alive * keep hope alive * man alive * snakes alive

    Anagrams

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    incarnate

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
  • * Milton
    • Here shalt thou sit incarnate .
  • * Jortin
    • He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils incarnate , sent into the world for the destruction of mankind.
  • (obsolete) Flesh-colored, crimson.
    • (Holland)

    Etymology 2

    From the past participle stem of (etyl) .

    Verb

    (incarnat)
  • (obsolete) To incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over.
  • To make carnal, to reduce the spiritual nature of.
  • To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
  • * Milton
    • This essence to incarnate and imbrute, / That to the height of deity aspired.
  • To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "incarnate")

    Related terms

    * carnal * incarnation * reincarnate * reincarnation

    Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not in the flesh; spiritual.
  • * Richardson
    • I fear nothing that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do.

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