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means A specific bodily or earthly form taken on by something otherwise abstract, spiritual, or ongoing — a soul, idea, or force made flesh for one round of the game.

from From Late Latin incarnare, 'to make flesh,' built from in- ('into') plus caro/carnis ('flesh' — the same root that gives us 'carnal' and 'chili con carne'). Early Christian writers used it specifically for the doctrine of God taking human form, and the word carried that theological weight for centuries before loosening up to describe any idea, trait, or soul settling into a particular body or version of itself.