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em·bod·y

 (ĕm-bŏd′ē)
tr.v. em·bod·ied, em·bod·y·ing, em·bod·ies
1. To give a bodily form to; incarnate.
2. To represent in bodily or material form: "As John Adams embodied the old style, Andrew Jackson embodied the new" (Richard Hofstadter).
3. To make part of a system or whole; incorporate: laws that embody a people's values.
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embody

(ɪmˈbɒdɪ)
vb (tr) , -bodies, -bodying or -bodied
1. to give a tangible, bodily, or concrete form to (an abstract concept)
2. to be an example of or express (an idea, principle, etc), esp in action: his gentleness embodies a Christian ideal.
3. (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.
4. (Theology) to invest (a spiritual entity) with a body or with bodily form; render incarnate
emˈbodiment n
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em•bod•y

(ɛmˈbɒd i)

v.t. -bod•ied, -bod•y•ing.
1. to give a concrete form to; personify or exemplify: works that embodied the spirit of the age.
2. to provide with a body; incarnate.
3. to collect into a body; organize.
4. to comprise.
[1540–50]
em•bod′i•er, n.
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embody


Past participle: embodied
Gerund: embodying

Imperative
embody
embody
Present
I embody
you embody
he/she/it embodies
we embody
you embody
they embody
Preterite
I embodied
you embodied
he/she/it embodied
we embodied
you embodied
they embodied
Present Continuous
I am embodying
you are embodying
he/she/it is embodying
we are embodying
you are embodying
they are embodying
Present Perfect
I have embodied
you have embodied
he/she/it has embodied
we have embodied
you have embodied
they have embodied
Past Continuous
I was embodying
you were embodying
he/she/it was embodying
we were embodying
you were embodying
they were embodying
Past Perfect
I had embodied
you had embodied
he/she/it had embodied
we had embodied
you had embodied
they had embodied
Future
I will embody
you will embody
he/she/it will embody
we will embody
you will embody
they will embody
Future Perfect
I will have embodied
you will have embodied
he/she/it will have embodied
we will have embodied
you will have embodied
they will have embodied
Future Continuous
I will be embodying
you will be embodying
he/she/it will be embodying
we will be embodying
you will be embodying
they will be embodying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been embodying
you have been embodying
he/she/it has been embodying
we have been embodying
you have been embodying
they have been embodying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been embodying
you will have been embodying
he/she/it will have been embodying
we will have been embodying
you will have been embodying
they will have been embodying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been embodying
you had been embodying
he/she/it had been embodying
we had been embodying
you had been embodying
they had been embodying
Conditional
I would embody
you would embody
he/she/it would embody
we would embody
you would embody
they would embody
Past Conditional
I would have embodied
you would have embodied
he/she/it would have embodied
we would have embodied
you would have embodied
they would have embodied
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.embody - represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
2.embody - represent, as of a character on stageembody - represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
stand for, symbolize, typify, symbolise, represent - express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
body, personify - invest with or as with a body; give body to
exemplify, represent - be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
3.embody - represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"
represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"
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embody

verb
1. personify, represent, express, realize, incorporate, stand for, manifest, exemplify, symbolize, typify, incarnate, actualize, reify, concretize Jack Kennedy embodied all the hopes of the 1960s.
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embody

verb
1. To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form:
2. To make a part of a united whole:
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Translations
يُجَسِّد
legemliggørepersonificere
megtestesít
įkūnijimasįkūnyti
iemiesotietvert sevī
sembolü olmak

embody

[ɪmˈbɒdɪ] VT
1. [+ spirit, quality] → encarnar; [+ idea, thought, theory] → expresar, plasmar (in en)
2. (= include) → incorporar (in en)
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embody

[ɪmˈbɒdi] vt
[+ ideas, quality, hopes] → incarner
(= include, contain) [+ features] → réunir, comprendre; [+ strategy, policy] → mettre en application
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embody

vt
(= give form to) one’s thoughtsausdrücken, Ausdruck geben (+dat), → in Worte kleiden
spirit, principles, one’s idealverkörpern
(= include)enthalten
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embody

[ɪmˈbɒdɪ] vt
a. (spirit, quality) → incarnare; (thought, theory, ideas) to embody (in)esprimere (in)
b. (include, features) → comprendere, racchiudere
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embody

(imˈbodi) verb
to represent.
emˈbodiment noun
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