Both Uses
incarnate
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
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- "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
Definitions:
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(1)
(incarnate) embody (made real in a material sense) -- especially in the form of a human body, but sometimes figuratively
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)