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em⋅bod⋅y
[em-bod-ee] 
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–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. |
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| em·bod·y (ěm-bŏd'ē) tr.v. em·bod·ied, em·bod·y·ing, em·bod·ies
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Embody
Em*bod"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embodied; p. pr. & vb. n. Embodying.] To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.] Devils embodied and disembodied. --Sir W. Scott. The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. --South.Embody
Em*bod"y\, v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also imbody.] Firmly to embody against this court party. --Burke.
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Language Translation for : embody
Spanish:
encarnar, personificar,
German:
verkörpern,
Japanese:
具体的に表す
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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