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em·bod·y       [em-bod-ee] Pronunciation Key
–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.
Also, imbody.


[Origin: 1540–50; em-1 + body]

em·bod·i·er, noun
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em·bod·y       (ěm-bŏd'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   em·bod·ied, em·bod·y·ing, em·bod·ies
  1. To give a bodily form to; incarnate.
  2. To represent in bodily or material form: "As John Adams embodied the old style, Andrew Jackson embodied the new" (Richard Hofstadter).
  3. To make part of a system or whole; incorporate: laws that embody a people's values.

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