bod·ied /ˈbɑdid/



 Bod·ied a. Having a body; -- usually in composition; as, able-bodied.
    A doe . . . not altogether so fat, but very good flesh and good bodied.   --Hakluyt.

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 Bod·y v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bodied (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Bodying.] To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.
 To body forth, to give from or shape to mentally.
 Imagination bodies forth
 The forms of things unknown.   --Shak.

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 bodied
      adj 1: having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in
             combination; "strong-bodied"; "big-bodied" [ant: unbodied]
      2: possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal
         melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an
         incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" [syn:
         corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate]


 body
      n 1: the entire physical structure of an organism (especially an
           animal or human being); "he felt as if his whole body
           were on fire" [syn: organic structure, {physical
           structure]
      2: body of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the
         lake" [syn: dead body]
      3: a group of persons associated by some common tie or
         occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body
         filed out of the auditorium"
      4: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved
         their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, trunk]
      5: an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is
         distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body"
      6: a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body
         of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"
      7: the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car
         was badly rusted"
      8: the property of holding together and retaining its shape;
         "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to
         bake" [syn: consistency, consistence]
      9: the central message of a communication; "the body of the
         message was short"
      v : invest with or as with a body; give body to [syn: personify]
      [also: bodied]


 bodied
      See body