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

Another god called Turanga, who was worshipped at Aumoana, was also supposed to be incarnate in white and black spotted lizards.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

And after the same manner the Nature is also said to be incarnate, not that it is changed to flesh, but that it assumed the nature of flesh.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

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