incarnates

Gives physical form

Incarnates means embodies or gives physical form to something abstract.

A person incarnates an ideal when they represent it so fully they seem to be its living expression: She incarnates everything the movement stands for.

In religious contexts, a deity incarnates when taking bodily form.

The word carries a sense of the abstract made concrete and visible.

embodiment

embodies

Manifests in form

exemplifies · expresses · realizes · actualizes · materializes · symbolizes · typifies · epitomizes · concretizes · objectifies

spiritual

reborn

Spiritually or literally revived

avatar · deity · divine · flesh · human form · earthly · bodily · spirit · soul · rebirth

religious

Christ

The anointed savior

savior · messiah · Emmanuel · nativity · theology · doctrine · mystery · redemption · salvation · logos

Opposites
embodiment

incarnatesdisembodies

Removes from physical form

dematerializes · spiritualizes · abstracts · ascends · sublimes

manifestation

incarnatesconceals

Keeps from being seen

hides · obscures · suppresses · dissolves · disperses

manifestation vs. concealment

incarnatesconceals

Keeps from being seen

hides · obscures · veils · masks · suppresses

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