'Embody' definitions:
Definition of 'embody'
(from WordNet)
verb
Represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" [syn: incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate]
verb
verb
Represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"
Definition of 'Embody'
From: GCIDE
- Embody \Em*bod"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embodied; p. pr. & vb. n. Embodying.] 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. [Written also imbody.] [1913 Webster]
- Devils embodied and disembodied. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Embody'
From: GCIDE
- Embody \Em*bod"y\, v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also imbody.] [1913 Webster]
- Firmly to embody against this court party. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'embody'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- actualize,
- add,
- admit,
- adumbrate,
- affect,
- amalgamate,
- assemble,
- assimilate,
- betoken,
- blend,
- body,
- body forth,
- brandish,
- breathe,
- bring forth,
- bring forward,
- bring into view,
- bring out,
- bring to notice,
- build,
- build up,
- coalesce,
- codify,
- collect,
- combine,
- come together,
- complete,
- compose,
- compound,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- concentrate,
- concretize,
- connect,
- consist of,
- consolidate,
- constitute,
- construct,
- contain,
- corporealize,
- corporify,
- count in,
- cover,
- dangle,
- demonstrate,
- develop,
- disclose,
- display,
- divulge,
- dramatize,
- emblematize,
- embrace,
- enact,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enter into,
- entify,
- envisage,
- epitomize,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exemplify,
- exhibit,
- expose to view,
- express,
- exteriorize,
- externalize,
- fabricate,
- figure,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- flaunt,
- flourish,
- flux,
- foreshadow,
- form,
- fuse,
- give sign,
- give token,
- go into,
- have,
- highlight,
- hold,
- hypostatize,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- image,
- impersonate,
- incarnate,
- include,
- incorporate,
- indicate,
- integrate,
- interblend,
- interfuse,
- involve,
- join,
- lend substance to,
- lump together,
- make,
- make clear,
- make one,
- make plain,
- make up,
- manifest,
- materialize,
- mean,
- meld,
- melt into one,
- merge,
- merge in,
- mirror,
- mix,
- number among,
- objectify,
- occupy,
- organize,
- parade,
- perform,
- personalize,
- personate,
- personify,
- piece together,
- prefigure,
- present,
- pretypify,
- produce,
- project,
- put together,
- realize,
- receive,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- reembody,
- reflect,
- reify,
- reincarnate,
- represent,
- reveal,
- roll into one,
- roll out,
- set forth,
- shade into,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- show,
- show forth,
- solidify,
- spotlight,
- stand for,
- structure,
- substantialize,
- substantiate,
- substantify,
- subsume,
- symbolize,
- syncretize,
- syndicate,
- synthesize,
- systematize,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take up,
- token,
- transmigrate,
- trot out,
- typify,
- unfold,
- unify,
- unite,
- unite in,
- wave