EMBODY


Meaning of EMBODY in English

verb

1.

to make an abstraction concrete or perceptible often by representation in human or animal form

Dickens embodied hypocrisy in his Uriah Heep

Synonyms: exteriorize, externalize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify, personize, substantiate; compare represent 2

Related Word: 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

embodied a revenue provision in the new law

Synonyms: combine, incorporate, integrate

Related Word: absorb, amalgamate, assimilate, blend, consolidate, fuse, merge, unify

3.

Synonyms: include , comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, have, involve, subsume, take in

Related Word: compose, consist (of), constitute

4.

Synonyms: represent 2, body (forth), emblematize, epitomize, exemplify, illustrate, mirror, personify, symbolize, typify

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