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- verb Present participle of
imbody .
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Examples
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Is the imbodying a large military force, in time of peace, a democratic principle?
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 1903
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Nor can we be astonished to find the facts of Christianity thus anticipated in poetic forms (imbodying in imaginative creations the innate yet indistinct cravings of the spirit) in the mythical elements of the old religions, when we remember that human nature itself, and all the forms of its developement, as well as the whole course of human history, were intended by God to find their full accomplishment in Christ.
The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement. 1789-1850 1870
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"The longest summer's day would have seemed too much in haste," while, with a perfect imbodying of the author's sentiments in his voice and looks, he read to us this delicate
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Is the imbodying a large military force, in time of peace, a democratic principle?
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845 Daniel Webster 1817
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And whereas it may be objected, that it cannot be, that the meer imbodying of the _Æther_ between these bodies can be the cause, since the _Æther_ having a free passage alwayes, both through the Pores of the Glass, and through those of the Fluids, there is no reason why it should not make a separation at all times whilst it remains suspended, as when it is violently dis-joyned by a shog.
Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon Robert Hooke 1669
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Even in Rosmin they do not feel safe for a single day; and your imbodying a militia has not escaped the enemy, and called attention to your house. "
Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Gustav Freytag 1855
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