CORPOREAL

corporeal, material

(adjective) having material or physical form or substance; “that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible” - Benjamin Jowett

bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic

(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

corporeal (comparative more corporeal, superlative most corporeal)

Material; tangible; physical.

(archaic) Pertaining to the body; bodily; corporal.

Synonyms

• (of the body): bodily, corporal

Antonyms

• ethereal

• incorporeal

• insubstantial

• intangible

• spiritual

Anagrams

• car pooler, car-pooler, carpooler, corporale

Source: Wiktionary


Cor*po"re*al (kr-p"r-al), a. Etym: [L. corporeus, fr. corpus body.]

Definition: Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial. His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. Milton. Corporeal property, such as may be seen and handled (as opposed to incorporeal, which can not be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation). Mozley & W.

Syn.

– Corporal; bodily. See Corporal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PREMATURELY

(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”


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