embodied; embodying
Definition of embody
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 first known use of embody was circa 1548
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