embody

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em·body | \ im-ˈbä-dē

embodied; embodying

Definition of embody

transitive verb

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

2a : 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 born 1917

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The legislature embodied a revenue provision in the new law. they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive

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