body
Old Englishphysical form, corpus
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From Old English bodig (trunk, chest, physical form). As a combining form, it creates both literal and figurative compounds — antibody (a body's defensive protein), embody (to give body/form to an idea), embodiment (physical manifestation), and everybody (every person/body). The shift from 'trunk' to 'whole person' happened in Middle English.
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body
To give body or shape to something; Physical frame
everybody
every person
embody
To be a perfect expression of an abstract idea; to include as part of a whole
antibody
A protein produced by the immune system to neutralize foreign substances
embodiment
A person or thing that perfectly represents an abstract quality