embodied Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb represent in bodily form
   embody; substantiate; incarnate; body forth.
   
   • He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
   • The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
2. verb represent, as of a character on stage
   embody; be; personify.
   
   • Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
3. verb represent or express something abstract in tangible form
   embody.
   
   • This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period
4. adjective satellite possessing or existing in bodily form
   corporal; bodied; incarnate; corporate.
   
   • what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare
   • an incarnate spirit
   • `corporate' is an archaic term

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