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disembody

[ dis-em-bod-ee ]

/ ˌdɪs ɛmˈbɒd i /

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verb (used with object), dis·em·bod·ied, dis·em·bod·y·ing.

to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.

Origin of disembody

First recorded in 1705–15; dis-¹ + embody

OTHER WORDS FROM disembody

dis·em·bod·i·ment, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH disembody

disembodied disemboweled dismembered

Words nearby disembody

disegno, disembargo, disembark, disembarrass, disembodied, disembody, disembogue, disembosom, disembowel, disembroil, disemploy

Example sentences from the Web for disembodied

Decorative silk tassels dangle from the fingers of disembodied hands reaching through the walls.

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The ironic painterly stroke and the disembodied functional object are a perfect Pop pair.

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Last season gave us witches, disembodied spirits, shifters, shamans, and faeries, all vying for control of the story.

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Shandee, a student on a geology field trip, finds a disembodied—but talkative—arm in a quarry.

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The last high B soars up to heaven like a disembodied spirit.

Stars of the Opera |Mabel Wagnalls
"Communications between the embodied and the disembodied" would be a more satisfactory phrase.

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From time to time one of these disembodied spirits enters into a passing woman and is born as an infant into the world.

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It did all that a disembodied spirit could do to attract the attention of the priests.

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But a story does not deal with disembodied moral attributes.

The Technique of Fiction Writing |Robert Saunders Dowst

British Dictionary definitions for disembodied (1 of 2)

disembodied

/ (ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪd) /

adjective

lacking a body or freed from the body; incorporeal

lacking in substance, solidity, or any firm relation to reality

British Dictionary definitions for disembodied (2 of 2)

disembody

/ (ˌdɪsɪmˈbɒdɪ) /

verb -bodies, -bodying or -bodied

(tr) to free from the body or from physical form

Derived forms of disembody

disembodiment, noun