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embody

 verb
     
em‧bod‧y past tense and past participle embodied, present participle embodying, third person singular embodies [transitive]
1 to be a very good example of an idea or quality [= represent]:
She embodies everything I admire in a teacher.
2 formal to include something:
The latest model embodies many new improvements.
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