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Webster 1913 Edition
Personify
Per-son′i-fy
,Verb.
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 lawWebster 1828 Edition
Personify
PERSON'IFY
,Verb.
T.
The trees said to the fig-tree, come thou, and reign over us. Judges 9.
Definition 2024
personify
personify
English
Verb
personify (third-person singular simple present personifies, present participle personifying, simple past and past participle personified)
- (transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
- Mozart could be said to personify the idea of a musical genius.
- (transitive) To create a representation of an abstract quality in the form of a literary character.
- The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.
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Translations
to be an example of
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to create a representation in the form of a literary character
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