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Body

noun

(pl. bodies)

1.

The entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being). Synonyms: organic structure, physical structure.

2.

A group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity. "The student body" , "Administrative body"

3.

A natural object consisting of a dead animal or person. Synonym: dead body.

4.

An individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects.

5.

The body excluding the head and neck and limbs. Synonyms: torso, trunk.

6.

A collection of particulars considered as a system. "A body of doctrine" , "A body of precedents"

7.

The property of holding together and retaining its shape. Synonyms: consistence, consistency, eubstance. "When the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake"

8.

The central message of a communication.

9.

The main mass of a thing.

10.

A resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin). Synonym: soundbox.

11.

The external structure of a vehicle.

verb

(past & past part. bodied; pres. part. bodying)

1.

Invest with or as with a body; give body to. Synonym: personify.

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... whatever. In fact, there were tenants applying in November last for new boats, and requesting Mr. Leask to build new boats for them, because there are a good many men who would like to be employed by him, in preference to being employed by Johnston or any other body. ...

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... absent, while the consciousness of the Self persists. Moreover, if the Self were admitted to be an agent and an object of the idea of 'I,' it would be difficult to avoid the conclusion that like the body it is non-intelligent, something merely outward ('being for others only, not for itself') and destitute of Selfhood. That from the body, which is the object of the idea of 'I,' and known to be an ...

— The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja - Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 • Trans. George Thibaut

... of the jury had not been wiser than the others, she had been condemned thereupon, and upon other as ridiculous matters as this. For the name of witch is so odious, and her power so feared among the common people, that if the honestest body living chanced to be arraigned thereupon, ...

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... the Cause—not to me.... I belong to the Cause, too. ... Body and soul I belong to it. What am I to you but a girl, an incident? Your duty lies toward all those men. Your work is to help them.... Then you should give me willingly; if I hesitate you should try to force me to do this thing-for it will help. What other thing could do what ...

— Youth Challenges • Clarence B Kelland

... peculiar throbbing, vibrating noise that I felt rather than heard, much like the pulsing beat of fire engines in the city. For one awful moment I thought the house was on fire, and every drop of blood in my body gathered around my heart; then I knew. It was the engine of the automobile, and Halsey had come back. Hope sprang up afresh. Halsey's clear head and Gertrude's intuition might do what Liddy's hysteria and three ...

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