1. Giving concrete form to an abstract concept.
2. Ny new embodiment of a familiar idea; SYN. incarnation, avatar.

ETYM Latin, from Greek, a surface incision, also, and abridgment, from epi upon + temnein to cut: cf. French épitome. Related to Tome.
A brief abstract (as of an article or book).
Summary; collection of all characteristics, facts, etc., into small space; embodiment, essence.

ETYM French incarnation, Late Lat. incarnatio.
1. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act.
2. 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.
3. The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ. + prikaži više