To make up; to compose; to form.
To set up; to establish; to enact.
To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify.
To unite in a body or mass.
To represent in some other form, such as a code of laws.
To comprise or include as part of a cohesive whole; to be made up of.
The US Constitution aimed to embody the ideals of diverse groups of people, from Puritans to Deists.