Both Uses of
incarnate
in
A Separate Peace
- He's enjoying this, I thought bitterly, he's imagining himself Justice incarnate, balancing the scales.
p. 168..8incarnate = embodied
- He's forgotten that Justice incarnate is not only balancing the scales but also blindfolded.
p. 168..8 *incarnate = embodied in material formeditor's notes: Justice incarnate is more often referred to as Lady Justice. It refers to the personification of justice in the form of a statue of a woman. She typically holds scales to weigh evidence and is blindfolded to indicate that she is blind to wealth, power, or status while determining what is right.
Definition:
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(incarnate) embody (made real in a material sense) -- especially in the form of a human body, but sometimes figuratively