personify
11personify — verb (T) 1 to think of or represent a quality or thing as a person: Time is often personified as an old man with a scythe. 2 to represent a particular quality or thing by having a lot of that quality or by being a typical example of that thing:… …
12personify — verb the picture on the label should personify good, wholesome American cooking Syn: epitomize, embody, hypostatize, typify, exemplify, represent, symbolize, stand for, be the incarnation of, body forth, put a face on …
13personify — /pəˈsɒnəfaɪ / (say puh sonuhfuy) verb (t) (personified, personifying) 1. to attribute personal nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing. 2. to represent (a thing or abstraction) in the form of a… …
14personify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Date: circa 1741 1. to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers 2. to be the embodiment or personification of ; incarnate < a teacher who personified patience > • personifier noun …
15personify — personifiable, adj. personifiant, adj. personifier, n. /peuhr son euh fuy /, v.t., personified, personifying. 1. to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing. 2. to represent (a thing… …
16personify — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, body, body forth, corporealize, corporify, demonstrate, emblematize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, exteriorize, externalize, figure, foreshadow, humanize, illustrate, image, impersonate, incarnate,… …
17personify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. embody, typify, symbolize, exemplify; represent, personate. See representation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To impersonate] Syn. represent, live as, act out; see imitate 2 , impersonate . 2. [To embody] …
18personify — per|son|i|fy [ pər sanə,faı ] verb transitive to be a very clear example of a particular quality: She personifies beauty and grace. a. in art or literature, to show a particular quality in the form of a person: Justice is personified as a… …
19personify — per·son·i·fy || pÉœr sÉ‘nɪfaɪ /pÉœË sÉ’ v. give human qualities to an inhuman object; embody, incarnate, typify …
20personify — verb (personifies, personifying, personified) 1》 represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form. 2》 attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to. 3》 represent or embody (a quality or concept) in a physical form. Derivatives …
