embodiment
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| —vb , -bodies, -bodying, -bodied | |
| 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 |
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| 4. | to invest (a spiritual entity) with a body or with bodily form; render incarnate |
| em'bodiment | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Once astride a horse, he becomes the embodiment of the proverbial knight on a white charger.
Video games are not the embodiment of evil and alternative-parenting.
She was the embodiment of a bygone and more romantic nautical era.
Embodiment appears to be at the heart of understanding how smarter, more environmentally responsive technologies can be developed.
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