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"text": "As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.",
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"ref": "2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times",
"text": "The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.",
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"To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify."
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"(transitive) To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify."
],
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"word": "actualize"
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"sense": "represent in physical form",
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{
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"word": "effigiate"
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{
"_dis1": "50 36 8 6",
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"word": "materialize"
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{
"_dis1": "50 36 8 6",
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{
"_dis1": "50 36 8 6",
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"word": "realize"
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"_dis1": "50 36 8 6",
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"_dis1": "50 36 8 6",
"sense": "represent in physical form",
"word": "thingify"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎplǎštavam",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "въплъщавам"
},
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"roman": "olicetvorjavam",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "олицетворявам"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "encarnar"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "personificar"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "體現"
},
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"roman": "tǐxiàn",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "体现"
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"word": "表現"
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"roman": "biǎoxiàn",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
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"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "表達"
},
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"roman": "biǎodá",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "表达"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "ztělesňovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "legemliggøre"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "personificere"
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"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "udtrykke"
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"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "belichamen"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "enkorpigi"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "ilmentää"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "olla jonkin ruumiillistuma"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "incarner"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "personnifier"
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "verkörpern"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ensarkóno",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "ενσαρκώνω"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "megtestesít"
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "incarnare"
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "cochorpaghey"
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "whakatinana"
},
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "kroppsliggjøre"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wcielić się"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ucieleśniać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "incorporar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "encarnar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "personificar"
},
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voploščátʹ",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "воплоща́ть"
},
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voplotítʹ",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "воплоти́ть"
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "olicetvorjátʹ",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "олицетворя́ть"
},
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"roman": "olicetvorítʹ",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
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"perfective"
],
"word": "олицетвори́ть"
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "utjeloviti"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "personificar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "encarnar"
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{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "förkroppsliga"
},
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "utiljuvaty",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "утілювати"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vtiljuvaty",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "втілювати"
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
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"roman": "utilyty",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "утілити"
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"_dis1": "71 20 4 5",
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"roman": "vtilyty",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
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"perfective"
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"word": "втілити"
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"ref": "2009, Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew O'Hara, “Forward”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew O'Hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page 4",
"text": "Given these entrenched ideological assumptions about the colonial order, it is no wonder that the state and those groups with an interest in the status quo viewed with suspicion and hostility any challenges to the fixed and \"natural\" boundaries between different sorts of people. These attitudes were perhaps best embodied by the so-called Two Republic system of Spanish America, a sprawling collection of royal legislation, local administrative policies, and informal practices, through which Spanish colonizers attempted to separate native peoples from other colonial subjects.",
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"text": "The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists."
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"text": "The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems."
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"ref": "1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590",
"text": "With the exception of the Great Eastern Line, these embody the most complete systematisation of steam or diesel-operated main line services that has yet taken place in the country.",
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"ref": "1962, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1261",
"text": "For use in a nursery for cradling a baby to sleep, a baby cradler comprising, in combination, a stand embodying a mobile base, uprights attached to and rising perpendicularly from the base and having axially aligned bearings, [...]",
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"word": "體現"
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"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
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"word": "表達"
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"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "表达"
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"word": "zahrnout"
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"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "indeholde"
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"word": "rumme"
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"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "belichamen"
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"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "käsittää"
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"_dis1": "22 22 55 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "sisältää"
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"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "ilmentää"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "représenter"
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"_dis1": "22 22 55 2",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "verkörpern"
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"word": "συσσωματώνω"
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"_dis1": "22 22 55 2",
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"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "cochorpaghey"
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"roman": "olicetvorjátʹ",
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"word": "олицетворя́ть"
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"ref": "1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book III",
"text": "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;",
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"To unite in a body or mass."
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"(intransitive) To unite in a body or mass."
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"text": "As the car salesman approached, wearing a plaid suit and slicked-back hair, he seemed to embody sleaze.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times",
"text": "The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify."
],
"links": [
[
"represent",
"represent"
],
[
"physical",
"physical"
],
[
"concrete",
"concrete"
],
[
"incarnate",
"incarnate"
],
[
"personify",
"personify"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2009, Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew O'Hara, “Forward”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew O'Hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page 4",
"text": "Given these entrenched ideological assumptions about the colonial order, it is no wonder that the state and those groups with an interest in the status quo viewed with suspicion and hostility any challenges to the fixed and \"natural\" boundaries between different sorts of people. These attitudes were perhaps best embodied by the so-called Two Republic system of Spanish America, a sprawling collection of royal legislation, local administrative policies, and informal practices, through which Spanish colonizers attempted to separate native peoples from other colonial subjects.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists."
},
{
"text": "The principle was recognized by some of the early Greek philosophers who embodied it in their systems."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws."
],
"links": [
[
"represent",
"represent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590",
"text": "With the exception of the Great Eastern Line, these embody the most complete systematisation of steam or diesel-operated main line services that has yet taken place in the country.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1962, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1261",
"text": "For use in a nursery for cradling a baby to sleep, a baby cradler comprising, in combination, a stand embodying a mobile base, uprights attached to and rising perpendicularly from the base and having axially aligned bearings, [...]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of."
],
"links": [
[
"comprise",
"comprise"
],
[
"include",
"include"
],
[
"cohesive",
"cohesive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1715, Homer, Iliad, translated by Alexander Pope, Book III",
"text": "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;",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To unite in a body or mass."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To unite in a body or mass."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪmˈbɒdi/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒdi"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "represent in physical form",
"word": "actualize"
},
{
"sense": "represent in physical form",
"word": "concretize"
},
{
"sense": "represent in physical form",
"word": "effigiate"
},
{
"sense": "represent in physical form",
"word": "materialize"
},
{
"sense": "represent in physical form",
"word": "objectify"
},
{
"sense": "represent in physical form",
"word": "realize"
},
{
"sense": "represent in physical form",
"word": "reify"
},
{
"sense": "represent in physical form",
"word": "thingify"
},
{
"sense": "include or represent",
"word": "embrace"
},
{
"sense": "include or represent",
"word": "encompass"
},
{
"sense": "include or represent",
"word": "enfold"
},
{
"sense": "unite in a body or mass",
"word": "fuse"
},
{
"word": "integrate"
},
{
"word": "merge"
},
{
"word": "coalesce"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎplǎštavam",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "въплъщавам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "olicetvorjavam",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "олицетворявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "encarnar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "personificar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "體現"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǐxiàn",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "体现"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "表現"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎoxiàn",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "表现"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "表達"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎodá",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "表达"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "ztělesňovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "legemliggøre"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "personificere"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "udtrykke"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "belichamen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "enkorpigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "ilmentää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "olla jonkin ruumiillistuma"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "incarner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "personnifier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "verkörpern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ensarkóno",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "ενσαρκώνω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "megtestesít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "incarnare"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "cochorpaghey"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "whakatinana"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "kroppsliggjøre"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wcielić się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ucieleśniać się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "incorporar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "encarnar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "personificar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voploščátʹ",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "воплоща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voplotítʹ",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "воплоти́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "olicetvorjátʹ",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "олицетворя́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "olicetvorítʹ",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "олицетвори́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "utjeloviti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "personificar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "encarnar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"word": "förkroppsliga"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "utiljuvaty",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "утілювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vtiljuvaty",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "втілювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "utilyty",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "утілити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vtilyty",
"sense": "represent in a physical form; to incarnate or personify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "втілити"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "體現"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǐxiàn",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "体现"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "表現"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎoxiàn",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "表现"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "表達"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biǎodá",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "表达"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "zahrnout"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "indeholde"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "rumme"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "belichamen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "käsittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "sisältää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "ilmentää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "représenter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "verkörpern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syssomatóno",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "συσσωματώνω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ensomatóno",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "ενσωματώνω"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "cochorpaghey"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "olicetvorjátʹ",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "олицетворя́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "include or represent, especially as part of a cohesive whole",
"word": "incorporar"
}
],
"word": "embody"
}
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