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