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embody

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em·bod·y  (m-bd)
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.

embody
Verb
[-bodies, -bodying, -bodied]
1. to be an example of or express (an idea or other abstract concept)
2. to include as part of a whole: the proposal has been embodied in a draft resolution
embodiment n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 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"

embody
Translations
embody [ɪmˈbɔdɪ] vt [+ spirit] → encarnar [+ ideas]; expresar

embody [ɪmˈbɔdɪ] vt [+ features] → réunir, comprendre [+ ideas]; formuler, exprimer

embody [ɪmˈbɔdɪ] vtverkörpern;
(include, contain) → enthalten

embody [ɪmˈbɔdɪ] vt [+ features] → racchiudere, comprendere [+ ideas]; dar forma concreta a, esprimere

embody
v embody [imˈbodi]
to represent. verpersoonlik, beliggaam يُجَسِّد олицетворявам vyjádřit legemliggøre; personificere verkörpern ενσαρκώνω encarnar, personificar kehastama مجسم کردن؛ دارای جسم کردن ilmentää 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 belichamen legemliggjøre, gi konkret form ucieleśniać representar a re­pre­zenta олицетворять vyjadriť poosebiti otelotvoriti förkroppsliga เป็นนามธรรม sembolü olmak 體現 втілювати کسی تصوّر یا خیال کی بظاہر نمائندگی کرنا hiện thân
n emˈbodiment
beliggaming تَجْسيد въплъщение ztělesnění legemliggørelse; personificering die Verkörperung ενσάρκωση representación, encarnación kehastus تجسم؛ تن بخشی ilmentymä personnification הִתגָלמוּת मूर्त रूप utjelovljenje megtestesítés penjelmaan holdtekja personificazione 具体化 구현, 화신 įkūnijimas iemiesojums terjelma belichaming legemliggjøring, inkarnasjon ucieleśnienie representação personificare олицетворение stelesnenie utelešenje otelotvorenje förkroppsligande นามธรรม somut örnek 體現 втілення زندہ مثال người hoặc vật là hiện thân của cái gì


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A sufficient force to make head against a sudden descent, till the militia could have time to rally and embody, is all that has been deemed requisite.
She is exactly the woman to do away every prejudice of such a man as the Admiral, for she he would describe, if indeed he has now delicacy of language enough to embody his own ideas.
,* and he will embody his message in his introductory remarks.
 
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