disembody

American  

[dis-em-bod-ee] / ˌdɪs ɛmˈbɒd i /

verb (used with object)

disembodied, disembodying

1. to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.

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disembody British  

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪ /

verb

1. (tr) to free from the body or from physical form

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Other Word Forms

• disembodiment noun

Etymology

Origin of disembody

First recorded in 1705–15; dis- ¹ + embody

Example Sentences

Febos said she chose to center the body in the title to help ground her and the book: to dispel the learned impulse to disembody our writing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2022

"It's an awakening perhaps, for the children - but unfortunately a stressful one, really deeply stressful, because it's a bodily experience. You can't disembody yourself to escape it."

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2020

In fact, Gadsby rejuvenates standup by making a moral statement about the self-deprecation that allowed her to disembody her trauma.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2018

Oh, if I could only disembody myself; fly back to London for a few hours; and listen invisibly to society talking about me.

From The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Shaw, Bernard

At a review he publicly insulted the corps he was so long trying to disembody; he either rode past them without noticing them, or made remarks on their appearance the reverse of complimentary.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus