embody

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.

The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin.

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.

The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems.

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

A shunting locomotive embodying an unusual form of power transmission has been developed for the National Coal Board.

With the exception of the Great Eastern Line, these embody the most complete systematisation of steam or diesel-operated main line services that has yet taken place in the country.

To unite in a body or mass.

Nay, my good friend—the people will remain / Embodied peaceably, till Parliament / Confirm the royal charter: tell your king so: / We will await the Charter's confirmation, / Meanwhile comporting ourselves orderly / As peaceful citizens, not risen in tumult, / But to redress their evils.

So when inclement winters vex the plain / With piercing frosts, or thick-descending rain, / To warmer seas the cranes embodied fly, / With noise, and order, through the midway sky;