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embody

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

    "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.

    "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.

Synonymsembrace, encompass, enfold, actualize, concretize, effigiate

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