What is the meaning of embodied?

verb

  • Represent in bodily form.
    • usage: "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
  • Represent, as of a character on stage.
    • usage: "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
  • Represent or express something abstract in tangible form.
    • usage: "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"

adjective

  • Possessing or existing in bodily form.
    • usage: "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"
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APAWordNet. (2010). embodied. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/embodied/definitions/1173233
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