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1. (v.t.) embody
to give a concrete form to; personify or exemplify:
works that embodied the spirit of the age.
2. embody
to provide with a body; incarnate.
3. embody
to collect into a body; organize.
4. embody
to comprise.
Etymology: (1540–50)
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| Definition of 'embody' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
represent in bodily form
"He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
2. (verb) embody, be, personify
represent, as of a character on stage
"Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
3. (verb) embody
represent or express something abstract in tangible form
"This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"
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| Definition of 'embody' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) embody
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
2. (verb) embody
to unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce
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Sense: to represent.
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 Afrikaans: verpersoonlik, beliggaam |
 Arabic: يُجَسِّد |
 Bulgarian: олицетворявам |
 Brazilian: representar |
 Czech: vyjádřit |
 German: verkörpern |
 Danish: legemliggøre; personifice |
 Greek: ενσαρκώνω |
 Spanish: encarnar, personificar |
 Estonian: kehastama |
 Farsi: مجسم کردن؛ دارای جسم کردن |
 Finnish: edustaa |
 French: exprimer |
 Hebrew: לְגָלֶם |
 Hindi: साकार करना |
 Croatian: utjeloviti |
 Hungarian: megtestesít |
 Indonesian: mewakili |
 Icelandic: standa fyrir, gefa efnisl |
 Italian: esprimere |
 Japanese: 具体的に表す |
 Korean: 구체적으로 나타내다 |
 Lithuanian: įkūnyti |
 Latvian: iemiesot; ietvert sevī |
 Malay: mewakili |
 Dutch: belichamen |
 Norwegian: legemliggjøre, gi konkret |
 Polish: ucieleśniać |
 Persian: مجسم کردن؛ دارای جسم کردن |
 Pashto: مجسم كول، بڼه وكول، ښودل، |
 Portuguese: representar |
 Romanian: a reprezenta |
 Russian: олицетворять |
 Slovak: vyjadriť |
 Slovenian: poosebiti |
 Serbian: otelotvoriti |
 Swedish: förkroppsliga |
 Thai: แสดงเป็นตัว |
 Turkish: sembolü olmak |
 Taiwanese: 體現 |
 Ukrainian: втілювати |
 Urdu: کسی تصوّر یا خیال کی بظاہ |
 Vietnamese: hiện thân |
 Chinese: 体现 |
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