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embody

[ em-bod-ee ]

verb (used with object)

, em·bod·ied, em·bod·y·ing.
  1. to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form:

    to embody an idea in an allegorical painting.

  2. to provide with a body incarnate; make corporeal:

    to embody a spirit.

  3. to collect into or include in a body; organize; incorporate.
  4. to embrace or comprise.


embody

/ ɪmˈbɒdɪ /

verb

  1. to give a tangible, bodily, or concrete form to (an abstract concept)
  2. to be an example of or express (an idea, principle, etc), esp in action

    his gentleness embodies a Christian ideal

  3. often foll by in to collect or unite in a comprehensive whole, system, etc; comprise; include

    all the different essays were embodied in one long article

  4. to invest (a spiritual entity) with a body or with bodily form; render incarnate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • emˈbodiment, noun
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Other Words From

  • em·bod·i·er noun
  • pre·em·bod·y verb (used with object) preembodied preembodying
  • re·em·bod·y verb (used with object) reembodied reembodying
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Word History and Origins

Origin of embody1

First recorded in 1540–50; em- 1 + body
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Example Sentences

Rambeau completely embodies the spirit of Captain Marvel with her commanding presence and that’s why Parris’ portrayal of her has so rapidly grabbed the attention of viewers week after week.

That’s also a very sexy trope that girls don’t necessarily get to embody.

From Vox

In the dark days of the Second World War, he fought for freedom, and in the face of the country’s deepest postwar crisis, he united us all, he cheered us all up, and he embodied the triumph of the human spirit.

Instead of worrying about her own pain or concerns, she explains that this connection to Jennifer and the chance to embody the action of giving helped her get out of her own head and into her heart.

From Time

Both species, he insists, are singularly embodied in Vladimir Putin.

From Time

Long before rehearsals began, Sharp started to embody Christopher.

When it came to casting Escobar, Di Stefano had to find a strong actor who could embody the brutality of the late kingpin.

It was oh-so subtle, but he began to embody his grandfather and his father.

We can never know the degree to which these women actively choose to embody this ideal, or how “real” it may or may not be.

Without the tension between good and evil—and without protagonists to embody that moral polarity—a lesser show would go slack.

How much of the imagination, how much of the intellect, evaporates and is lost while we seek to embody it in words!

They embody in themselves the uppermost thought of the era that was dawning when they were written.

The "principles of 1907" embody the doctrine of a mutual obligation between the individual and the community.

Stated, it reads: All persons who embody noble thoughts in verse form are poets.

That widespread enchantment seemed to concentre and embody itself mysteriously in her; she became its living manifestation.

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