disembody

[ dis-em-bod-ee ]

/ ˌdɪs ɛmˈbɒd i /

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verb (used with object), dis·em·bod·ied, dis·em·bod·y·ing.

to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.

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Origin of disembody

First recorded in 1705–15; dis-¹ + embody

OTHER WORDS FROM disembody

dis·em·bod·i·ment, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH disembody

disembodied , disemboweled, dismembered

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How to use disembody in a sentence

The realization of abstractions was not the embodiment of a word, but the gradual disembodiment of a Fetish.
August Comte and Positivism|John-Stuart Mill
This great labor was inaugurated by the Savior during the brief period of His disembodiment.
The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays|James E. Talmage
The unrepentant state is a disorder of the spirit, and, following disembodiment, the spirit will still be afflicted therewith.
The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays|James E. Talmage
Assuredly we shall not be equal after death, either in the intermediate state of disembodiment or beyond the resurrection.
The Vitality of Mormonism--Brief Essays|James E. Talmage

She could not wash her face soft with tears, and she felt no reaching out towards disembodiment.
Old Kaskaskia|Mary Hartwell Catherwood

British Dictionary definitions for disembody

disembody

/ (ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪ) /

verb -bodies, -bodying or -bodied

(tr) to free from the body or from physical form

Derived forms of disembody

disembodiment, noun

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