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