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Personify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. 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).

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

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

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

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.

v. To create a representation of an abstract quality in the form of a literary character.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.

v. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To treat or regard as a person; represent as a rational being; treat, for literary purposes, as if endowed with the sentiments, actions, or language of a rational being or person, or, for artistic purposes, as if having a human form and nature.

To impersonate; be an impersonation or embodiment of: as, he personifies all that is mean.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. invest with or as with a body; give body to

v. represent, as of a character on stage

v. attribute human qualities to something

Word Usage

"Mr. Polshek said he had been preparing for his transition out of the firm for years and had seen firsthand the downside of having one name personify a practice."

Verb Form

personified personifies personifying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

embody be assign impute attribute ascribe

Cross Reference

embody

Variant

personified

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

impersonate