All 4 Uses of
incarnate
in
Leaves of Grass
- I see the place of the idea of the Deity incarnated by avatars in human forms, I see the spots of the successions of priests on the earth, oracles, sacrificers, brahmins, sabians, llamas, monks, muftis, exhorters, I see where druids walk'd the groves of Mona, I see the mistletoe and vervain, I see the temples of the deaths of the bodies of Gods, I see the old signifiers.†
Chpt 6
- Behold me—incarnate me as I have incarnated you!†
Chpt 21 *
- Behold me—incarnate me as I have incarnated you!†
Chpt 21
- …a west-bred face, To him the hereditary countenance bequeath'd both mother's and father's, His first parts substances, earth, water, animals, trees, Built of the common stock, having room for far and near, Used to dispense with other lands, incarnating this land, Attracting it body and soul to himself, hanging on its neck with incomparable love, Plunging his seminal muscle into its merits and demerits, Making its cities, beginnings, events, diversities, wars, vocal in him, Making its…†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(incarnate) embody (made real in a material sense) -- especially in the form of a human body, but sometimes figuratively