embody

tr.v., -bod·ied, -bod·y·ing, -bod·ies.

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

verb

1. To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form: body forth, exteriorize, externalize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify, substantiate. See substitute.
2. To make a part of a united whole: combine, incorporate, integrate. See include/exclude.
3. To have as a part: comprehend, comprise, contain, embrace, encompass, have, include, involve, subsume, take in. See include/exclude.

v

Definition: include, integrate
Antonyms: disintegrate, divide, exclude

v

Definition: represent; materialize
Antonyms: disembody

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: represent in bodily form
  Synonyms: incarnate, body forth, substantiate

Meaning #2: represent, as of a character on stage
  Synonyms: be, personify

Meaning #3: represent or express something abstract in tangible form

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - legemliggøre, inkarnere, stå for, repræsentere, udtrykke, inkorporere, indarbejde, udgøre

Nederlands (Dutch)
belichamen, tastbare vorm geven, inlijven, personifiëren

Français (French)
v. tr. - incarner, exprimer, concrétiser, formuler (dans, en), donner forme à (un travail), mettre en application dans

Deutsch (German)
v. - verkörpern, einfügen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ενσωματώνω, ενσαρκώνω, προσωποποιώ, εκφράζω, συμπεριλαμβάνω, περικλείω

Italiano (Italian)
incarnare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - personificar, concretizar, incorporar

Русский (Russian)
воплощать, реализовать, включать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - encarnar, personificar, incorporar, dar forma perceptible (a una idea)

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förkroppsliga, inkarnera, ge konkret form åt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
具体表达, 包含, 使具体化

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 具體表達, 包含, 使具體化

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 형체를 주다, 구체화하다, 편성하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 具体化する, 盛り込む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجسد, يشمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גיבש, הביע, המחיש, כלל, הכיל, גילם, הפיח רוח-חיים‬

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