Personify
/pə(ɹ)ˈsɒnɪfaɪ/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To be an example of; to have all the attributes of. transitive
"Mozart could be said to personify musical genius."
- 2 attribute human qualities to something wordnet
- 3 To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona. transitive
"The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper."
- 4 represent, as of a character on stage wordnet
- 5 invest with or as with a body; give body to wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Yanni and Skura personify happiness and success."
Etymology
From French personnifier. By surface analysis, person + -ify or person(a) + -ify.