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[ verb ] represent in bodily form
Synonyms Examples "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system" "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)The insuperable reward systems that most religions embody have great motivating effects . (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)In their vases were embodied the basic aesthetic and logical characteristics of Greek civilization , at_first hesitantly in Protogeometric work , and_then more confidently in the initial stages of the Geometric style . Related terms |
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[ verb ] represent or express something abstract in tangible form
Examples "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period" Used in print (Newton Stallknecht, "Ideas and Literature," in Newton S...)Understanding a work_of_art involves recognition of the ideas that it reflects or embodies . |
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