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embody(dictionary)

embody (iou)



embody verb. . M16.
[from EM-1, IM-1 + BODY noun, after Latin incorporare.]
verb trans. Provide (a spirit) with a bodily form. M16.
verb trans. Unite into one body or mass; incorporate in a larger whole. M16.
J. Mackintosh Much of these treaties has been embodied into the general law of Europe. New Scientist When emulsion paints dry, the individual polymer particles must coalesce and embody the pigment.
b. Include as a constituent part. M19.
H. Macmillan The various documents embodying the various agreements.
verb trans. Give a material or corporeal character to (what is spiritual). rare. M17.
verb trans. Give a material or discernible form to (an abstract principle, concept, etc.); express (such a principle etc.) in such a form. M17.
J. E. T. Rogers A popular notion, embodied in a rhyming couplet. W. S. Churchill The Covenant..embodied the..resolve of a whole people to perish rather than submit.
b. Of a material or actual thing or person: be an embodiment of (an abstract concept, quality, etc.). L19.
G. Brown Nobody embodied..the whole outlook, attitude of the Communist machine bureaucrat as did Kruschev.
a. verb trans. Form (people) into a body, esp. for military purposes. M17.
b. verb intrans. Form or join a (military) body. M17.
verb intrans. & refl. Coalesce, form a homogeneous mass. M17-E18.
embodier noun M17.