v. Function: verb
1 to make an abstraction concrete or perceptible often by representation in human or animal form FF1C; Dickens embodied hypocrisy in his Uriah Heep FF1E;
Synonyms: exteriorize, externalize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify, personize, substantiate; compare REPRESENT 2
Related Words: actualize, hypostatize, realize, reify, symbolize, typify; demonstrate, evince, exemplify, exhibit, illustrate, show (forth)
Antonyms: disembody
2 to cause to become a body or part of another body FF1C; embodied a revenue provision in the new law FF1E;
Synonyms: combine, incorporate, integrate
Related Words: absorb, amalgamate, assimilate, blend, consolidate, fuse, merge, unify
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Synonyms: INCLUDE , comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, have, involve, subsume, take in
Related Words: compose, consist (of), constitute
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Synonyms: REPRESENT 2, body (forth), emblematize, epitomize, exemplify, illustrate, mirror, personify, symbolize, typify