be incarnate
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It is held to be incarnate in each climate, culture and race.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aitu langi was the name of a village god in another place, and supposed to be incarnate in the owl.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George
The most renowned was the Hapi or Apis bull of Memphis, in whom Ptah was said to be incarnate, and who was Osirified and became the Osir-hapi.
From The Religion of Ancient Egypt by Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir
For generations the Verplancks have been what people expected them to be, incarnate formulas of etiquette and timid living.
From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett
The same god was also supposed to be incarnate in the octopus, and also in the land crab.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George
