personify

Definition of Personify in English :

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Verb

1. body, personify

invest with or as with a body; give body to

body

2. be, embody, personify

represent, as of a character on stage

Example Sentences:
'Derek Jacobi was Hamlet'

be
embody

3. personate, personify

attribute human qualities to something

Example Sentences:
'The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Personify

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verb -fies, -fying or -fied (transitive)

1.

to attribute human characteristics to (a thing or abstraction)

2.

to represent (an abstract quality) in human or animal form

3.

(of a person or thing) to represent (an abstract quality), as in art or literature

4.

to be the embodiment of

. Also (rare): personize, personise

Personify

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verb transitiveWord forms: perˈsoniˌfied or perˈsoniˌfying

1.

to think or speak of (a thing) as having life or personality; represent as a person

to personify a ship by referring to it as “she”

2.

to symbolize (an abstract idea) by a human figure, as in art

3.

to be a symbol or perfect example of (some quality, thing, or idea); typify; embody

Personify

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tr.v. per·son·i·fied, per·son·i·fy·ing, per·son·i·fies

1. To think of or represent (an inanimate object or abstraction) as having personality or the qualities, thoughts, or movements of a living being: "To make history or psychology alive I personify it" (Anaïs Nin).

2. To represent (an object or abstraction) by a human figure.

3. To represent (an abstract quality or idea): This character personifies evil.

4. To be the embodiment or perfect example of: "Stalin now personified bolshevism in the eyes of the world" (A.J.P. Taylor).

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