Meaning

• 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."

• 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."

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

• To unite in a body or mass.