embody

verb4

1. •
   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.
2. •
   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.
3. •
   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. — 1958
4. •
   To unite in a body or mass.

   • 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 — 1715