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ava·tar (av′ə tär′)

noun

  1. Hinduism a god appearing on earth in bodily form; incarnation of a god
  2. any incarnation or embodiment, as of a quality or concept in a person

Etymology: Sans avatāra < ava-, down + base of tarati, (he) crosses over: see term

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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