Definition of "embody" []

• To give a bodily form to; incarnate. (verb-transitive)
• To represent in bodily or material form: "As John Adams embodied the old style, Andrew Jackson embodied the new” ( Richard Hofstadter). (verb-transitive)
• To make part of a system or whole; incorporate: laws that embody a people's values. (verb-transitive)

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• "The metaphysical causation (i.e. magic) these narratives embody is therefore seen as applicable in the real world."
• "The titles embody speed and strength, the fundamentals of sport."
• "That his feeling for Julia begins in this way means that their relationship, whatever genuine value it may embody, is shadowed by it."