Definition of Embody

1. Verb. Represent in bodily form. "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

Exact synonyms: Body Forth, Incarnate, Substantiate
Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: Embodiment, Incarnation

2. Verb. Represent, as of a character on stage. "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
Exact synonyms: Be, Personify
Generic synonyms: Represent, Stand For, Symbolise, Symbolize, Typify
Specialized synonyms: Body, Personify, Exemplify, Represent
Derivative terms: Persona, Persona

3. Verb. Represent or express something abstract in tangible form. "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"
Generic synonyms: Represent
Derivative terms: Embodiment

Definition of Embody

1. 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.

2. v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce.

Definition of Embody

1. to provide with a body [v -BODIED, -BODYING, -BODIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embody

emblemizing
emblems
emblems and insignia
emblic
emblics
embloom
embloomed
emblooms
embodied
embodier
embodiers
embodies
embodiment
embodiment
embodiments
embody (current term)
embodying
embog
embogged
embogging
embogs
embogue
embogued
embogues
emboguing
emboil
emboiled
emboiling
emboils
emboitement

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