About The Word Personify
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Personify
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What's The Definition Of Personify?
[v] attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
[v] represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" [v] invest with or as with a body; give body to Synonyms | Synonyms for Personify: be | embody | personate Related Terms | Find terms related to Personify: adumbrate | body | body forth | corporealize | corporify | demonstrate | emblematize | embody | epitomize | exemplify | exteriorize | externalize | figure | foreshadow | humanize | illustrate | image | impersonate | incarnate | incorporate | manifest | materialize | metaphorize | mirror | objectify | personalize | personate | prefigure | pretypify | project | realize | reembody | reflect | reincarnate | represent | shadow | shadow forth | similize | stand for | substantialize | substantiate | substantify | symbolize | transmigrate | typify See Also | ascribe | assign | attribute | body | exemplify | impute | personify | represent | repute | stand for | symbolise | symbolize | typify Personify In Webster's Dictionary \Per*son"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personified}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Personifying}.] [Person + -fy: cf. F.
personnifier.]
1. To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent
as a rational being.
The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate
things. --Chesterfield.
2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to
impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
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