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Embody Em*bod"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embodied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embodying}.] 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. [Written also {imbody}.] [1913 Webster]

Devils embodied and disembodied. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. --South. [1913 Webster]


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  • Imbody — Im*bod y, v. i. [See {Embody}.] To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See {Embody}. [1913 Webster] The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • imbody — Embody Em*bod y, v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also {imbody}.] [1913 Webster] Firmly to embody against this court party. Burke. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • imbody — imbodiment, n. /im bod ee/, v.t., imbodied, imbodying. embody. * * * imbody, imbog, imboil, imbolden see embody, etc …   Useful english dictionary

  • imbody — imbodiment, n. /im bod ee/, v.t., imbodied, imbodying. embody. * * * …   Universalium

  • imbog — imbody, imbog, imboil, imbolden see embody, etc …   Useful english dictionary

  • imboil — imbody, imbog, imboil, imbolden see embody, etc …   Useful english dictionary

  • Embodied — Embody Em*bod y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embodied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embodying}.] 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. [Written also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Embody — Em*bod y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embodied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embodying}.] 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. [Written also {imbody} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Embody — Em*bod y, v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also {imbody}.] [1913 Webster] Firmly to embody against this court party. Burke. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Embodying — Embody Em*bod y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embodied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embodying}.] 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. [Written also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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