Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fashion or constitution of the body.
- noun In astrology, the physical traits, temperament, etc., of a person, as determined by the planet in the ascendant at his nativity.
- noun The state of being embodied.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The state of being embodied; bodily existence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The state of being
embodied ;bodily existence .
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Examples
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They are men of a large corporature, and good proportion; their colour is not much unlike the sunburnt countryman, who laboureth daily in sun for his living.
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They are men of a large corporature, and good proportion: their colour is not much vnlike the Sunne burnt Countrey man, who laboureth daily in the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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They are men of a large corporature, and good proportion; their colour is not much unlike the sunburnt countryman, who laboureth daily in sun for his living.
Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage Richard Hakluyt 1584
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