# embody

Pronunciation: say "im-BOD-ee" US /ɪmˈbɑdi/, UK /ɪmˈbɒdi/; AUS say "im-BAW-dee" /ɪmˈbɔdi/

## Verb

1. To give an idea or quality a concrete, physical form; to personify or incarnate something.
   - Simple: To give a clear, real form to an idea, quality, or feeling.
   - _The memorial embodies a nation's grief in stone and bronze._
   - _Few politicians embody the ideals they campaign on._
2. To comprise or include various elements as parts of a single, unified whole.
   - Simple: To include or contain something as one of its main parts.
   - _The constitution embodies the principles agreed upon by the founding states._
   - _These guidelines embody years of accumulated experience._
3. To express or set down something, such as a principle or agreement, in another concrete form like a written code of laws.
   - Simple: To put an idea or rule into a fixed form, like a written law.
   - _The new statute embodies rights that were once only customary._
   - _Drafters embody abstract freedoms in precise legal language._
4. To come together and merge into a single unified body or mass.
   - Simple: To come together and join into one body or group.
   - _The militia bands embodied into a single army before the march south._
   - _Citizens embody into a unified movement when their rights are threatened._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix em- combined with the word body, with em- traced to Latin.

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