I tried to embody both good and evil in my painting.
•A strong sense of morality is embodied in her writing.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
embody */ — UK [ɪmˈbɒdɪ] / US [ɪmˈbɑdɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms embody : present tense I/you/we/they embody he/she/it embodies present participle embodying past tense embodied past participle embodied 1) to be the best possible example of a particular… … English dictionary
embody — [[t]ɪmbɒ̱di[/t]] embodies, embodying, embodied 1) VERB To embody an idea or quality means to be a symbol or expression of that idea or quality. [V n] Jack Kennedy embodied all the hopes of the 1960s... [V n] For twenty nine years, Checkpoint… … English dictionary
embody — em|bod|y [ımˈbɔdi US ımˈba:di] v past tense and past participle embodied present participle embodying third person singular embodies [T] 1.) to be a very good example of an idea or quality = ↑represent ▪ She embodies everything I admire in a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
embody — em|bod|y [ ım badi ] verb transitive * 1. ) to be the best possible example of a particular idea, quality, or principle: The spirit of hope is embodied in the character Anna. 2. ) FORMAL to include something: the freedoms embodied in the treaty … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
embody — [ɪm bɒdi, ɛm ] verb (embodies, embodying, embodied) 1》 give a tangible or visible form to (an idea or quality). 2》 include or contain (something) as a constituent participle … English new terms dictionary
embody — verb (T) 1 if a person, thing, or organization embodies an idea or principle it clearly expresses it and shows its importance by the way it behaves or affects behaviour: The country s constitution embodies the ideals of equality and freedom. 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
embody — To include or incorporate as a part of something; to include in a written instrument or statute … Ballentine's law dictionary
Pragmatize — Prag ma*tize, v. t. To consider, represent, or embody (something unreal) as fact; to materialize. [R.] A pragmatized metaphor. Tylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
synonym — noun Etymology: Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synonymum, from Greek synōnymon, from neuter of synōnymos synonymous, from syn + onyma name more at name Date: 15th century 1. one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hegel’s logic and philosophy of mind — Willem deVries LOGIC AND MIND IN HEGEL’S PHILOSOPHY Hegel is above all a systematic philosopher. Awe inspiring in its scope, his philosophy left no subject untouched. Logic provides the central, unifying framework as well as the general… … History of philosophy
realize — 1 Realize, actualize, embody, incarnate, materialize, externalize, objectify, hypostatize, reify are the chief words in English meaning to give concrete or objective existence to something that has existed as an abstraction or a conception or a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
