embody

UK: /ɪmˈbɒdi/ US: /ɛmˈbɑdi/ ,(em bod′ē)

Inflections of 'embody' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

embodies

v 3rd person singular

embodying

v pres p

embodied

v past

embodied

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

em•bod•y /ɛmˈbɑdi/   v. [~ + object] , -bod•ied, -bod•y•ing. 

1. to give a concrete form to;
   be an example of;
   personify:
   Her paintings embodied the spirit of the age.
2. to include;
   contain;
   comprise:
   The testimony is embodied in the court record.

em•bod•i•ment, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

em•bod•y  (em bod′ē), v.t., -bod•ied, -bod•y•ing. 

1. to give a concrete form to;
   express, personify, or exemplify in concrete form:
   to embody an idea in an allegorical painting.
2. to provide with a body;
   incarnate;
   make corporeal:
   to embody a spirit.
3. to collect into or include in a body;
   organize;
   incorporate.
4. to embrace or comprise.

Also, imbody. 

• em-¹ + body 1540–50

em•bod′i•er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

embody / ɪmˈbɒdɪ/ verb ( -bodies, -bodying, -bodied)(transitive)

1. to give a tangible, bodily, or concrete form to (an abstract concept)
2. to be an example of or express (an idea, principle, etc), esp in action
3. (often followed by in) to collect or unite in a comprehensive whole, system, etc; comprise; include
4. to invest (a spiritual entity) with a body or with bodily form; render incarnate

emˈbodiment noun