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Meaning of embodies

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

embodies

verb

Definitions

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

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

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

    Example: The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.

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

  4. To unite in a body or mass.