Personify

/pə(ɹ)ˈsɒnɪfaɪ/ verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To be an example of; to have all the attributes of. transitive

    "Mozart could be said to personify musical genius."

  2. 2
    attribute human qualities to something wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    represent, as of a character on stage wordnet
  5. 5
    invest with or as with a body; give body to wordnet

Example

More examples

"Yanni and Skura personify happiness and success."

Etymology

From French personnifier. By surface analysis, person + -ify or person(a) + -ify.

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