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embody
verb [T] /ɪmˈbɒd.i/
/-ˈbɑː.di/ formalDefinition
C2 to represent a quality or an idea exactly: She embodied good sportsmanship on the playing field.Typifying, illustrating and exemplifyingMeaning and significance › to include as part of something: Kennett embodied in one man an unusual range of science, music and religion.Including and containingComprising and consisting of
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