embody

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

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	embody - represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" body forth, incarnate, substantiate 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 stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" personify, be 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.

2. incorporate, include, contain, combine, collect, concentrate, organize, take in, integrate, consolidate, bring together, encompass, comprehend, codify, systematize The proposal has been embodied in a draft resolution.

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embody

verb

1. To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form:

body forth, exteriorize, externalize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify, substantiate.

2. To make a part of a united whole:

combine, incorporate, integrate.

3. To have as a part:

comprehend, comprise, contain, embrace, encompass, have, include, involve, subsume, take in.

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Translations

يُجَسِّد

legemliggørepersonificere

ausdrückenbeinhaltenenthaltenverkörpern

encarnarpersonificarplasmar

exprimer

megtestesít

personificarepersonificazioneincarnare

įkūnijimasįkūnyti

iemiesotietvert sevī

gi konkret formlegemliggjøre

sembolü olmak

体现

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 thoughts → ausdrücken, Ausdruck geben (+dat), → in Worte kleiden

spirit, principles, one’s ideal → verkörpern

(= 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. verpersoonlik, beliggaam يُجَسِّد олицетворявам representar vyjádřit verkörpern legemliggøre; personificere ενσαρκώνωencarnar, personificar kehastama مجسم کردن؛ دارای جسم کردن edustaa exprimer לְגָלֶם साकार करना utjeloviti megtestesít mewakili standa fyrir, gefa efnislega mynd; fela í sér esprimere 具体的に表す 구체적으로 나타내다 įkūnyti iemiesot; ietvert sevī mewakili belichamenlegemliggjøre, gi konkret form ucieleśniać مجسم كول، بڼه وكول، ښودل، څرګندول: په غيږ كې نيول (احتوا كول)و احاطه كول،را ټولول، ور ګډول، تحقق ور كول representar a re­pre­zenta олицетворять vyjadriť poosebiti otelotvoriti förkroppsliga แสดงเป็นตัว sembolü olmak 體現 втілювати کسی تصوّر یا خیال کی بظاہر نمائندگی کرنا hiện thân 体现

emˈbodiment noun

beliggaming تَجْسيد въплъщение representação ztělesnění die Verkörperung legemliggørelse; personificering ενσάρκωσηrepresentación, encarnación kehastus تجسم؛ تن بخشی ruumiillistuma personnification הִתגָלמוּת मूर्त रूप utjelovljenje megtestesítés penjelmaan holdtekja personificazione 具体化 구체화 įkūnijimas iemiesojums terjelma belichaminglegemliggjøring, inkarnasjon ucieleśnienie تجسم representação personificare олицетворение stelesnenie utelešenje otelotvorenje förkroppsligande นามธรรม somut örnek 體現 втілення زندہ مثال người hoặc vật là hiện thân của cái gì 体现

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