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