embody
VerbUS[im-bod-ee]/ɪmˈbɑdi/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (3)embodied, embodies, embodying
- represent in bodily form“He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system”“The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist”Synonyms: incarnatebody forthsubstantiateMore general represent, stand for
- represent, as of a character on stage“Derek Jacobi was Hamlet”Synonyms: bepersonifyMore general typify, symbolizeMore specific exemplify, body
- represent or express something abstract in tangible form“This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period”More general represent
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Em·bod′y transitive verb [past tense & past participle Embodied; present participle & verbal noun Embodying.]
To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.]
Devils embodied and disembodied.— Sir Walter Scott
The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin.— Robert South
Em·bod′y intransitive verb
To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also imbody.]
Firmly to embody against this court party.— Edmund Burke
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54