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English Dictionary: personify	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for personify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
personify v invest with or as with a body; give body to [syn: body, personify] represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" Synonym(s): embody, be, personify attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" Synonym(s): personify, personate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Personify \Person"ify\, 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.