3 definitions
for personify
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
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The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate
things. --Chesterfield.
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2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to
impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
personify
v 1: invest with or as with a body; give body to [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]
[also: personified]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "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