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   Per·son·i·fy

   /pərˈsänəˌfī/

   

   verb

   • 1. represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form: "public pageants and dramas in which virtues and vices were personified"
   • ▪ attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to (something nonhuman): "in the poem the oak trees are personified" Similar humanizeanthropomorphizepersonalize
   • ▪ represent or embody (a quality, concept, etc.) in a physical form: "he fairly personifies trustworthiness" Similar epitomizeembodybe the embodiment/incarnation oftypifyexemplifyrepresentsymbolizestand forgive human form/shape tobody forthincarnatebe representative ofencapsulatemanifestrare:image

   Word Origin early 18th century: from French personnifier, from personne ‘person’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. personifier noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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