encarnalize

[ en-kahr-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object),en·car·nal·ized, en·car·nal·iz·ing.
  1. to invest with a worldly or sensual nature or form; make carnal: the soul encarnalized by the gross body.

Origin of encarnalize

1
First recorded in 1840–50; en-1 + carnal + -ize
  • Also in·car·nal·ize [in-kahr-nl-ahyz]; /ɪnˈkɑr nlˌaɪz/; especially British, en·car·nal·ise .

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British Dictionary definitions for encarnalize

encarnalize

encarnalise

/ (ɪnˈkɑːnəˌlaɪz) /


verb(tr) rare
  1. to provide with a bodily form; incarnate

  2. to make carnal, gross, or sensual

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