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Embody

//ɪmˈbɒdi// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify. transitive

    "As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze."

  2. 2
    represent, as of a character on stage wordnet
  3. 3
    To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws. transitive

    "The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists."

  4. 4
    represent in bodily form wordnet
  5. 5
    To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of. transitive

    "A shunting locomotive embodying an unusual form of power transmission has been developed for the National Coal Board."

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  1. 6
    represent or express something abstract in tangible form wordnet
  2. 7
    To unite in a body or mass. intransitive

    "Nay, my good friend—the people will remain / Embodied peaceably, till Parliament / Confirm the royal charter: tell your king so: / We will await the Charter's confirmation, / Meanwhile comporting ourselves orderly / As peaceful citizens, not risen in tumult, / But to redress their evils."

Etymology

From Latin em- + body.

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