In`car*na"tion (?), n. [F.
incarnation, LL. incarnatio.]
1. The act of clothing with flesh, or the
state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in,
a human body and nature.
2. (Theol.) The union of the second
person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ.
3. An incarnate form; a personification; a
manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking
exemplification in person or act.
She is a new incarnation of some of the
illustrious dead.
Jeffrey.
The very incarnation of
selfishness.
F. W. Robertson.
4. A rosy or red color; flesh color;
carnation. [Obs.]
5. (Med.) The process of healing
wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.