Ĭn'cär-nā'tion, n.

n. [L. Lat. incarnatio, Fr. incarnation, It. incarnazione, Pr. encarnatio, Sp. encarnacion.]

1. The act of clothing with flesh; the act of assuming flesh, or of taking a human body and the nature of man; as, the incarnation of the Son of God.
2. (Surg.) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
3. An incarnate form; a personification; a reduction to apparent form.

She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey.

4. A striking exemplification in person or act; a manifestation; a personification. “The very incarnation of selfishness.” F. W. Robertson.
5. A rosy or red color resembling that of flesh; flesh-color; carnation. [Obs.]