Verb: embody im'bó-dee or em'bó-dee
- Represent or express something abstract in tangible form
"This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"
- Represent in bodily form
"He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system";
- incarnate, body forth, substantiate
- Represent, as of a character on stage
"Derek Jacobi embodied Hamlet";
- be, personify
Derived forms: embodying, embodies, embodied
Type of: correspond, represent, stand for, symbol [archaic], symbolise [Brit], symbolize, typify
Encyclopedia: Embody