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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
   "Derek Jacobi embodied Hamlet"
   - be, personify
    
3. Represent or express something abstract in tangible form
   "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"

Derived forms: embodied, embodying, embodies

See also: embodiment

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