embody

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: em=bod=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

embody, v. t. 

 To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise.  [1913 Webster]
"Devils embodied and disembodied."  [1913 Webster]
"The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin."  [1913 Webster]

embody, v. i. 

 To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce.  [1913 Webster]
"Firmly to embody against this court party."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

embody, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 give a concrete or discernible form to (an idea, concept, etc.).
2 (of a thing or person) be an expression of (an idea etc.).
3 express tangibly (courage embodied in heroic actions).
4 form into a body.
5 include, comprise.
6 provide (a spirit) with bodily form.

Derivative

embodiment n.

THESAURUS

embody

absorb, actualize, add, admit, adumbrate, affect, amalgamate, assemble, assimilate, betoken, blend, body, body forth, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, build, build up, coalesce, codify, collect, combine, come together, complete, compose, compound, comprehend, comprise, concentrate, concretize, connect, consist of, consolidate, constitute, construct, contain, corporealize, corporify, count in, cover, dangle, demonstrate, develop, disclose, display, divulge, dramatize, emblematize, embrace, enact, encircle, enclose, encompass, enter into, entify, envisage, epitomize, evidence, evince, exemplify, exhibit, expose to view, express, exteriorize, externalize, fabricate, figure, fill, fill in, fill out, flaunt, flourish, flux, foreshadow, form, fuse, give sign, give token, go into, have, highlight, hold, hypostatize, illuminate, illustrate, image, impersonate, incarnate, include, incorporate, indicate, integrate, interblend, interfuse, involve, join, lend substance to, lump together, make, make clear, make one, make plain, make up, manifest, materialize, mean, meld, melt into one, merge, merge in, mirror, mix, number among, objectify, occupy, organize, parade, perform, personalize, personate, personify, piece together, prefigure, present, pretypify, produce, project, put together, realize, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, reembody, reflect, reify, reincarnate, represent, reveal, roll into one, roll out, set forth, shade into, shadow, shadow forth, show, show forth, solidify, spotlight, stand for, structure, substantialize, substantiate, substantify, subsume, symbolize, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, systematize, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take up, token, transmigrate, trot out, typify, unfold, unify, unite, unite in, wave

ROGET THESAURUS

embody

Junction

VB join, unite, conjoin, connect, associate, put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together, embody, reembody, roll into one, attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast, tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain, fetter, lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple, link, yoke, bracket, marry, bridge over, span, braze, pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet, impact, solder, set, weld together, fuse together, wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase, graft, ingraft, inosculate, entwine, intwine, interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, entangle, twine round, belay, tighten, trice up, screw up, be joined, hang together, hold together, cohere.

Combination

VB combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate, put together, lump together, cement a union, marry.

Whole

VB form a whole, constitute a whole, integrate, embody, amass, aggregate, amount to, come to.

Composition

VB be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of, consist of, be resolved into, include, contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody, involve, implicate, drag into, compose, constitute, form, make, make up, fill up, build up, enter into the composition of.

Inclusion

VB be included in, come under, fall under, range under, belong to, pertain to, range with, merge in, include, comprise, comprehend, contain, admit, embrace, receive, inclose, embody, encircle, reckon among, enumerate among, number among, refer to, place with, arrange with, place under, take into account.