embody

== English == === Etymology === From Latin em- +‎ body. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɒdi/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɑdi/, [ɪmˈbɑɾi] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɔdi/ Rhymes: -ɒdi === Verb === embody (third-person singular simple present embodies, present participle embodying, simple past and past participle embodied) (transitive) To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify. (transitive) To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws. (transitive) To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of. (intransitive) To unite in a body or mass. ==== Synonyms ==== (represent in physical form): actualize, concretize, effigiate, materialize, objectify, realize, reify, thingify (include or represent): embrace, encompass, enfold (unite in a body or mass): fuse, integrate, merge; see also Thesaurus:coalesce ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === beydom, boydem