well embodied

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

to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form: to embody an idea in an allegorical painting.

to provide with a body; incarnate; make corporeal: to embody a spirit.

to collect into or include in a body; organize; incorporate.

to embrace or comprise.

Also, imbody.

Origin:
1540–50; em-¹ + body

Related forms

em·bod·i·er, noun

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

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

well-em·bod·ied, adjective

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embody (ɪmˈbɒdɪ)

—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
3.	(often foll by in) to collect or unite in a comprehensive whole, system, etc; comprise; include: all the different essays were embodied in one long article
4.	to invest (a spiritual entity) with a body or with bodily form; render incarnate

em'bodiment

—n

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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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"The greatest hero of Greece was Hercules. He was a personage of quite another order from the great hero of Athens, Theseus. He was what all Greece except Athens most admired. The Athenians were different from the other Greeks and their hero therefore was different. Theseus was, of course, bravest of the brave as all heroes are, but unlike other heroes he was as compassionate as he was brave and a man of great intellect as well as great bodily strength. It was natural that the Athenians should have such a hero because they valued thought and ideas as no other part of the country did. In Theseus their ideal was embodied. But Hercules embodied what the rest of Greece most valued. His qualities were those the Greeks in general honored and admired. Except for unflinching courage, they were not those that distinguished Theseus. Hercules was the strongest man on earth and he had the supreme self-confidence magnificent physical strength gives. He considered himself on an equality with the gods."

-Edith Hamilton

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