Definition of Embdy
Em*bod"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Embodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Embodying.] 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. [Written also
imbody.]
Devils embodied and disembodied.
Sir W. Scott.
The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be
divided from sin. South.
Em*bod"y, v. i. To unite in a
body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also
imbody.]
Firmly to embody against this court
party. Burke.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify
- As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.
- to include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole
- The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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