IMBOD'Y, verb transitive [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 intransitive To unite in a body, mass or collection; to coalesce.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI