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personify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb personify has 3 senses
- personify(v = verb.stative) body - invest with or as with a body; give body to; Array is one way to be, embody, personify
- personify(v = verb.stative) be, embody - represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" is one way to represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typify
- personify(v = verb.cognition) personate - attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" is one way to ascribe, assign, attribute, impute
Derived forms noun person2, noun personification2, noun personification1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun persona2, noun persona1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun person1, noun person2, noun personification3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
personify, v. t. [Person + -fy: cf. F. personnifier.].
- To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being. [1913 Webster]"The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things." [1913 Webster]
- To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
personify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 attribute a personal nature to (an abstraction or thing).
2 symbolize (a quality etc.) by a figure in human form.
3 (usu. as personified adj.) embody (a quality) in one's own person; exemplify typically (has always been kindness personified).
1 attribute a personal nature to (an abstraction or thing).
2 symbolize (a quality etc.) by a figure in human form.
3 (usu. as personified adj.) embody (a quality) in one's own person; exemplify typically (has always been kindness personified).
Derivative
personifier n.
Etymology
F personnifier (as PERSON)
THESAURUS
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, typifyROGET THESAURUS
personify
Metaphor
VB employ a metaphor, personify, allegorize, adumbrate, shadow forth, apply, allude to.Representation
VB copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, V, represent, delineate, depict, depicture, portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out, adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy, mold, dress up, illustrate, symbolize, paint, carve, engrave, personate, personify, impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play, mimic, hold the mirror up to nature.
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