personify

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Verb

personify

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

   Mozart could be said to personify musical genius.

2. (transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character.

   The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.

Related terms

• personification

Translations

• French: personnifier
• German: personifizieren
• Italian: personificare
• Russian: персонифици́ровать
• Spanish: personificar

Translations

• French: personnifier
• German: personifizieren
• Russian: олицетворя́ть
• Spanish: personificar

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