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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Embody

/ĭm-bäd'-ē/ · Em·bod·y · IPA /ɪmˈbɑdi/
01 v. t. To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in…
imp. & p. p. Embodied; p. pr. & vb. n. Embodying
  1. 1.
    To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise.
    “Devils embodied and disembodied.” Sir W. Scott.
    “The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin.” South.
02 v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce.
  1. 1.
    To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce.
    “Firmly to embody against this court party.” Burke.