# embodied

Pronunciation: say "im-BOD-eed" US /ɪmˈbɑdid/, UK /ɪmˈbɒdid/; AUS say "im-BAW-deed" /ɪmˈbɔdid/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of embody. — simple past and past participle of embody
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of embody. Use this form when talking about giving an idea a clear shape in the past.
   - _The old courthouse embodied the ambitions of an entire generation._
   - _These values were embodied in the company's first charter._

## Adjective

2. Experienced and shaped through the physical body, in contrast to purely mental experience.
   - Simple: Felt or lived through the body rather than only in the mind.
   - _Researchers argue that memory is partly embodied, held in posture and gesture as much as in the brain._
   - _The therapist focused on embodied awareness, asking him to notice the tension in his shoulders._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/embodied (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).