embody in WordNet English dictionary

1. represent, as of a character on stage
   "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
   embody  be  personify 
   
2. represent in bodily form
   "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
   incarnate  body forth  embody  substantiate 
   
3. represent or express something abstract in tangible form
   "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period"
   embody