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Embodying

[em-bod-ee]

Origin

verb (used with object), -bod·ied, -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.

Origin:
1540–50; em-¹ + body

Related forms

em·bod·i·er, noun

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

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

well-em·bod·ied, adjective

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Word Origin & History

embody

c.1652, in ref. to a soul or spirit invested with a physical form; of principles, ideas, etc., from 1663; from en- "in" + body.

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"A picture wants solidity, a statue wants colour. But we see the want of colour as a palpably glaring defect, and we do not see the want of solidity, the effects of which to the spectator are supplied by light and shadow. A picture is as perfect an imitation of nature as is conveyed by a looking-glass; which is all that the eye can require, for it is all it can take in for the time being. A fine picture resembles a real living man; the finest statue in the world can only resemble a man turned to stone. The one is an image, the other a cold abstraction of nature. It leaves out half the visible impression.... It appears to me that sculpture, though not proper to express health or life or motion, accords admirably with the repose of the tomb; and that it cannot be better employed than in arresting the fleeting dust in imperishable forms, and in embodying a lifeless shadow. Painting, on the contrary, from what I have seen of it in Catholic countries, seems to be out of its place on the walls of churches; it has a flat and flimsy effect contrasted with the solidity of the building, and its rich flaunting colours harmonize but ill with solemnity of the surrounding scene."

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