body forth

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body forth - represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

embody, 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"

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personify
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No word, no expression could body forth the kind of relation in which she stood to me--my more than sister, since till death she was to be mine only.

Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context

And as I strive to body forth the tale Of all I suffer, all that thou hast done, Forth shall the dread voice roll, and bear along Shreds from my vitals torn for greater pain.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

But from whatever cause, the tendency hardened into a ruling convention; thousands upon thousands of medieval manuscripts seem to declare that the world is a mirage of shadowy forms, or that it exists merely to body forth remote and highly surprising ideas.

A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context

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