English Explanatory Dictionary

embody

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify.
  2. To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws.
  3. To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of.
  4. To unite in a body or mass.

Pronunciation

/ɪmˈbɒdi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-embody.wav /ɪmˈbɑdi/ [ɪmˈbɑɾi] /ɪmˈbɔdi/

Word forms

embody embodies embodying embodied

Etymology

From Latin em- + body.

Synonyms

actualize concretize effigiate materialize objectify realize reify thingify embrace encompass enfold integrate merge fuse

Derived words

disembody embodiable embodiedness embodier embodiment emergy nonembodied reembody unembodied
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