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单词 discarnate
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Definition of discarnate in English:

discarnate

adjective dɪsˈkɑːnət
  • (of a person or being) not having a physical body.

    methods for communicating with the dead or with discarnate spirits
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘I should prefer to consider the artists as discarnate torch-bearers, with no civic existence whatsoever.’
    • Isn't everyone just empty space, a face in the crowd, discarnate until we find love in someone else?
    • In the same manner the discarnate being may find certain memories in the subconsciousness of the medium which will recall certain facts connected with his past earth life.
    • This ambivalence over the simplicity or complexity of the discarnate soul became a point of controversy among later Platonists.
    • He ventured that poltergeists could in principle be both living and dead because discarnate entities might be interacting with the energy of living persons to effect physical manifestations.
    • This contributed to the idea that not everything that appears to come from discarnate spirits is necessarily so.
    • They quickly found their way into an impromptu session with a visiting trance medium, who claimed to be in touch with discarnate entities.
    • While in trance, Eileen's voice always changed markedly to the accents of the discarnate being speaking through her.
    • That put me onto a new track altogether, where the secrets of life were no longer the exclusive property of discarnate spirits but were here-now, always.
    • The incarnate Son is as it were forcibly made discarnate in death, and his divine-human spirit returns to his Father and his God, just as in human death the dust returns to the earth.
    • Well, that Free Age thread the other day seemed to be discussing the prophecies of an alleged discarnate entity called Seth.
    • The following story is about an evil discarnate being which may have been responsible for thousands of deaths in 18th century Liverpool.
    • He would then use the opportunity to strike up a conversation with the discarnate being.
    • He referred to the artist in society as special - as a discarnate man who has integral awareness.
    • The experiences of the discarnate soul broadly follow the heaven, purgatory and hell ethic of Christian teaching.
    Synonyms
    intangible, impalpable, indefinable, indescribable, vague, obscure, unclear, indistinct

Origin

Late 19th century: from dis- 'without' + Latin caro, carn- 'flesh' or late Latin carnatus 'fleshy'.

Rhymes

incarnate
 
 

Definition of discarnate in US English:

discarnate

adjective
  • (of a person or being) not having a physical body.

    methods for communicating with the dead or with discarnate spirits
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Isn't everyone just empty space, a face in the crowd, discarnate until we find love in someone else?
    • While in trance, Eileen's voice always changed markedly to the accents of the discarnate being speaking through her.
    • He ventured that poltergeists could in principle be both living and dead because discarnate entities might be interacting with the energy of living persons to effect physical manifestations.
    • This contributed to the idea that not everything that appears to come from discarnate spirits is necessarily so.
    • They quickly found their way into an impromptu session with a visiting trance medium, who claimed to be in touch with discarnate entities.
    • In the same manner the discarnate being may find certain memories in the subconsciousness of the medium which will recall certain facts connected with his past earth life.
    • The incarnate Son is as it were forcibly made discarnate in death, and his divine-human spirit returns to his Father and his God, just as in human death the dust returns to the earth.
    • He would then use the opportunity to strike up a conversation with the discarnate being.
    • The following story is about an evil discarnate being which may have been responsible for thousands of deaths in 18th century Liverpool.
    • This ambivalence over the simplicity or complexity of the discarnate soul became a point of controversy among later Platonists.
    • ‘I should prefer to consider the artists as discarnate torch-bearers, with no civic existence whatsoever.’
    • That put me onto a new track altogether, where the secrets of life were no longer the exclusive property of discarnate spirits but were here-now, always.
    • He referred to the artist in society as special - as a discarnate man who has integral awareness.
    • The experiences of the discarnate soul broadly follow the heaven, purgatory and hell ethic of Christian teaching.
    • Well, that Free Age thread the other day seemed to be discussing the prophecies of an alleged discarnate entity called Seth.
    Synonyms
    intangible, impalpable, indefinable, indescribable, vague, obscure, unclear, indistinct

Origin

Late 19th century: from dis- ‘without’ + Latin caro, carn- ‘flesh’ or late Latin carnatus ‘fleshy’.

 
 
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