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Meaning of 'embody' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Embody [ v. i.]
- To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce.
2 . Embody [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'embody' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . embody [ v]
Meaning (1):
- represent, as of a character on stage
Example in sentence:
  • Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
Meaning (2):
- represent in bodily form
Example in sentence:
  • He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system;
  • The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
Meaning (3):
- represent or express something abstract in tangible form
Example in sentence:
  • This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period

Nearby Words:

embace embale emball embalm embalmed embalmer embalming embalmment embank embanked

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