embody

  • 21embody — [ɪm bɒdi, ɛm ] verb (embodies, embodying, embodied) 1》 give a tangible or visible form to (an idea or quality). 2》 include or contain (something) as a constituent participle …

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  • 22embody — v. a. 1. Invest with a body, make corporeal, form into a body, incarnate. 2. Incorporate, concentrate, compact, integrate, combine, collect into a whole, draw into one mass. 3. Comprehend, include, embrace, comprise, contain. 4. Systematize,… …

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  • 23embody — verb (T) 1 if a person, thing, or organization embodies an idea or principle it clearly expresses it and shows its importance by the way it behaves or affects behaviour: The country s constitution embodies the ideals of equality and freedom. 2… …

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  • 24embody — verb 1) he embodies the spirit of industrial capitalism Syn: personify, realize, manifest, symbolize, represent, express, concretize, incarnate, epitomize, stand for, typify, exemplify; formal reify, hypostatize 2) the changes embodied in the gun …

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  • 25embody — v 1. incarnate, corporealize, materialize, concretize, substantiate, reify, externalize, exteriorize. 2. fuse, merge, amalgamate, consolidate, coalesce; combine, unite, join. 3. comprise, compose, constitute, hold, contain; embrace, encompass,… …

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  • 26embody — em·body …

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  • 27embody — verb 1) Gradgrind embodies the spirit of industrial capitalism Syn: personify, manifest, symbolize, represent, express, epitomize, stand for, typify, exemplify 2) the changes embodied in the Act Syn: incorporate …

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  • 28embody — [ɪmˈbɒdi] verb [T] to be the best possible example of a particular idea, quality, or principle …

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  • 29embody — em•bod•y [[t]ɛmˈbɒd i[/t]] v. t. bod•ied, bod•y•ing 1) to give a concrete form to; personify or exemplify: works that embodied the spirit of the age[/ex] 2) to provide with a body; incarnate 3) to collect into a body; organize 4) to comprise •… …

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  • 30embody — /ɛmˈbɒdi / (say em bodee) verb (t) (embodied, embodying) 1. to invest with a body, as a spirit; incarnate; make corporeal. 2. to give a concrete form to; express or exemplify (ideas, etc.) in concrete form. 3. to collect into or include in a… …