EMBODY


Meaning of EMBODY in English

v.

Pronunciation: im- ' bä-d ē

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form: em · bod · ied ; em · body · ing

Date: circa 1548

1 : to give a body to (a spirit) : INCARNATE

2 a : to deprive of spirituality b : to make concrete and perceptible

3 : to cause to become a body or part of a body : INCORPORATE

4 : to represent in human or animal form : PERSONIFY <men who greatly embodied the idealism of American life ― A. M. Schlesinger b 1917>

– em · bodi · er noun

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.