personify
Etymology

From French personnifier; equivalent to or .

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈsɒnɪfaɪ/
Verb

personify (personifies, present participle personifying; simple past and past participle personified)

  1. (transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
    Antonyms: unpersonify
    Mozart could be said to personify musical genius.
  2. (transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona.
    Antonyms: unpersonify
    The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.
    • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC ↗, page 73 ↗:
      If ever any of the girls had taken a fancy to personify their good genius, they would certainly have given to his image all they remembered of "Uncle Frank."
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