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embody

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Main Entry:
em·body Listen to the pronunciation of embody
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) : incarnate2 a: to deprive of spirituality b: to make concrete and perceptible3: to cause to become a body or part of a body : incorporate4: 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
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