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English word embody comes from English body, English em-

body (English)

(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): A bodysuit. [from 19th c.]. (archaic) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms. [from 16th c.]. (archaic, or, informal, _, except in compounds) A person. [from 13th c.]. (geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.. (printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of [...]

em- (English)

The form taken by en- as it assimilates place of articulation before labial consonants (b, m and p).

embody (English)

(intransitive) To unite in a body or mass.. (transitive) To include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole. (transitive) To represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify.

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