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Webster 1913 Edition

Imbody

Im-bod′y

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Embody
.]
To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See
Embody
.
The soul grows clotted by contagion,
Imbodies
, and imbrutes.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Imbody

IMBOD'Y

,
Verb.
T.
[in and body.] To form into a body; to invest with matter; to make corporeal; as, to imbody the soul or spirit.
An opening cloud reveals
A heavenly form, imbodied and array'd
With robes of light.
1.
To form into a body, collection or system; as, to imbody the laws of a state in a code.
2.
To bring into a band, company, regiment, brigade, army, or other regular assemblage; to collect; as, to embody the forces of a nation.
Then Clausus came, who led a numerous band
Of troops imbodied.

IMBOD'Y

,
Verb.
I.
To unite in a body, mass or collection; to coalesce.

Definition 2024

imbody

imbody

English

Verb

imbody ‎(third-person singular simple present imbodies, present participle imbodying, simple past and past participle imbodied)

  1. Archaic form of embody.
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Etymology

See embody.

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