1. (

• incarnate ,
• body_forth ,
• embody ,
• substantiate

) represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" ;

2. (

• embody ,
• be ,
• personify

) represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" ;

3. (

• embody ,

) represent or express something abstract in tangible form; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period" ;