Main Entry: em·body

Pronunciation: \im-ˈbä-dē\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): 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 b1917>

— em·bodi·er noun