2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Personify \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
personify
v 1: invest with or as with a body [syn: {body}]
2: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was
Hamlet" [syn: {embody}, {be}]
3: attribute human qualities to something "The Greeks
personated their gods ridiculous" [syn: {personate}]
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