Meaning of EMBODY
| Pronunciation: | | em'bâdee
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- [v] represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
- [v] represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
- [v] represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"
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| | Synonyms: | | be, body forth, incarnate, personify, substantiate |
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| | See Also: | | body, exemplify, represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typify | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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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