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Webster 1913 Edition
Avatar
Avˊa-tar′
(ăvˊȧ-ta̤r′)
, Noun.
[Skr.
avatâra
descent; ava
from + root tṛ
to cross, pass over.] 1.
(Hindu Myth.)
The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; – chiefly associated with the incarnations of
Vishnu
. Martha Stewart
, the home-and-hearth avatar
whose products are now available at Kmart
stores, is making upscale design touches like 200-thread-count cotton bed sheets something that most every American can aspire to. Leslie Kaufman (N. Y. Times, May 7, 1999).