Definition of "embody" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify.

   • As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.

2. (transitive) To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws.

   • The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.
   • The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems.

3. (transitive) To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of.

4. (intransitive) To unite in a body or mass.