verb (used with object), dis·em·bod·ied, dis·em·bod·y·ing.
- to divest (a soul, spirit, etc.) of a body.
adjective
- lacking a body or freed from the body; incorporeal
- lacking in substance, solidity, or any firm relation to reality
verb -bodies, -bodying or -bodied
- (tr) to free from the body or from physical form
1742, past participle adjective from disembody (1714), from dis- “not” + embody. Related: Disembodiment.