embodies

verb

  1. 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. 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. 3

    To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of.

  4. 4

    To unite in a body or mass.

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