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embody

[ em-bod-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

embody

/ ɪmˈbɒdɪ /

to give a tangible, bodily, or concrete form to (an abstract concept)
to be an example of or express (an idea, principle, etc), esp in action
his gentleness embodies a Christian ideal
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
to invest (a spiritual entity) with a body or with bodily form; render incarnate

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Origin of embody¹

First recorded in 1540–50; em- ¹ + body

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Long before rehearsals began, Sharp started to embody Christopher.

When it came to casting Escobar, Di Stefano had to find a strong actor who could embody the brutality of the late kingpin.

It was oh-so subtle, but he began to embody his grandfather and his father.

We can never know the degree to which these women actively choose to embody this ideal, or how “real” it may or may not be.

Without the tension between good and evil—and without protagonists to embody that moral polarity—a lesser show would go slack.

How much of the imagination, how much of the intellect, evaporates and is lost while we seek to embody it in words!

They embody in themselves the uppermost thought of the era that was dawning when they were written.

The "principles of 1907" embody the doctrine of a mutual obligation between the individual and the community.

Stated, it reads: All persons who embody noble thoughts in verse form are poets.

That widespread enchantment seemed to concentre and embody itself mysteriously in her; she became its living manifestation.

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