embody

[em-bod-ee] /ɛmˈbɒd i/
verb (used with object), embodied, embodying.
1.
to give a concrete form to; express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form:
to embody an idea in an allegorical painting.
2.
to provide with a body; incarnate; make corporeal:
to embody a spirit.
3.
to collect into or include in a body; organize; incorporate.
4.
to embrace or comprise.
Also, imbody.
Origin
1540-50; em-1 + body
Related forms
embodier, noun
preembody, verb (used with object), preembodied, preembodying.
reembody, verb (used with object), reembodied, reembodying.
well-embodied, adjective
Examples from the web for embody
  • Its casually dressed cabin crews embody the airline's super-friendly approach.
  • Still, he knows he will not be remembered for his real-life persona but rather for the characters he has chosen to embody.
  • There are geeky movies, and there are movies that embody a "geek spirit" if you will.
  • He is meant to embody the very essence of malevolence.
  • Education must not orbit around change it must embody change.
  • Those who suffered from the disease were thought to embody a special type of humanity.
  • But it is possible to discuss why particular groups generally embody particular viewpoints.
  • We need to embody our own professional code of ethics.
  • Not many poems called forth by the intensities of our war period so well embody the strong loyalty engendered by the struggle.
  • The approaches embody some of science's great virtues: foresight, patience and cleverness.
British Dictionary definitions for embody

embody

/ɪmˈbɒdɪ/
verb (transitive) -bodies, -bodying, -bodied
1.
to give a tangible, bodily, or concrete form to (an abstract concept)
2.
to be an example of or express (an idea, principle, etc), esp in action: his gentleness embodies a Christian ideal
3.
(often foll by in) to collect or unite in a comprehensive whole, system, etc; comprise; include: all the different essays were embodied in one long article
4.
to invest (a spiritual entity) with a body or with bodily form; render incarnate
Derived Forms
embodiment, noun
Word Origin and History for embody
v.

1540s, in reference to a soul or spirit invested with a physical form; of principles, ideas, etc., from 1660s; from en- (1) "in" + body. Related: Embodied; embodying.