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Adjective: embodied  em'bódeed
  1. Possessing or existing in bodily form
    - bodied, corporal, corporate [archaic], incarnate
Verb: embody  em'bódee
  1. Represent in bodily form
    "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"
    - incarnate, body forth, substantiate
     
  2. Represent, as of a character on stage
    - be, personify
     
  3. Represent or express something abstract in tangible form
    "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"

See also: corporeal, embodiment, material

Type of: be, represent, stand for, symbolise [Brit], symbolize, typify

Encyclopedia: Embodied