v. 1
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.
v. 2
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.
v. 3
To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of.
v. 4
To unite in a body or mass.

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Forms

Past participle: embodied
e.g. embodied → incorporated, actualized, realized, reified…

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

2 letters: be¹
5 letters: cover², blend¹, unite², reify
6 letters: codify³, enfold²
7 letters: include², realize³, express², contain², collect², realise³, embrace², combine², enclose²
8 letters: comprise², encircle³, coalesce³, thingify
9 letters: represent³, implement³, integrate³, encompass³, incarnate³, exemplify⁴, objectify, personify⁴, actualize⁴, actualise, effigiate
10 letters: comprehend³, illustrate³, concretize, concretise
11 letters: incorporate⁴, materialize⁵, materialise, instantiate⁴, systematize, systematise
12 letters: substantiate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cover² = 2 syllables).