Personify Definition

pər-sŏnə-fī
personified, personifies, personifying
verb
personified, personifies, personifying
To think or speak of (a thing) as having life or personality; represent as a person.
To personify a ship by referring to it as “she”
Webster's New World
To symbolize (an abstract idea) by a human figure, as in art.
Webster's New World
To represent (an abstract quality or idea).
This character personifies evil.
American Heritage
To be a symbol or perfect example of (some quality, thing, or idea); typify; embody.
Webster's New World

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

Mozart could be said to personify the idea of a musical genius.
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Origin of Personify

  • French personnifier from personne person from Old French persone person

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Personify Sentence Examples

  • These actors personify the concept of fame, from great performances to interesting and unique personal lives.

  • From the inability of the savage in all ages and in all lands to comprehend death as a natural phenomenon, there results a tendency to personify death, and myths are invented to account for its origin.

  • Bastet Cat statues/paintings of Bastet cats - Cats were considered to be sacred beings by the ancient Egyptians because they were believed to personify the goddess Bastet.

  • Geryon (from rygpuw, the howler or roarer) is supposed to personify the storm, his father Chrysaor the lightning, his mother Callirrhoe the rain.

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Words Starting With

PPEPER

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YFYIFY

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Words Starting With P and Ending With Y

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