Both Uses of
incarnate
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- "Believe me," Maggie said, "I'm the last person in the world to buy into the belief that Shay Bourne is Jesus incarnate—"†
*incarnate = embody
- The bad news was that Judge Haig didn't like him very much—and had in the forefront of his mind my witness's former incarnation as an atheist showboat, when I really wanted him to be seen as a grave and credible historian.†
incarnation = embodiment
Definition:
embody (made real in a material sense) -- especially in the form of a human body, but sometimes figuratively