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em⋅bod⋅y

  [em-bod-ee]
–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.
Use embody in a Sentence
Also, imbody.

Origin:
1540–50; em- 1 + body

Related forms:
em⋅bod⋅i⋅er, noun
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em·bod·y   (ěm-bŏd'ē)   
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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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