personify
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per·son·i·fy
(pər-sŏn'ə-fī') 
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.
- To think of or represent (an inanimate object or abstraction) as having personality or the qualities, thoughts, or movements of a living being: "To make history or psychology alive I personify it" (Anaïs Nin).
- To represent (an object or abstraction) by a human figure.
- To represent (an abstract quality or idea): This character personifies evil.
- To be the embodiment or perfect example of: "Stalin now personified bolshevism in the eyes of the world" (A.J.P. Taylor).
[French personnifier, from personne, person, from Old French persone. See person.]
personifier per·son'i·fi'er n.Roget's Thesaurus:
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personify
verb
- To represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form: body forth, embody, exteriorize, externalize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, substantiate. See substitute.
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personify
IN BRIEF: To think of or show some idea or thing as a human.
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin personify the spirit of boyhood.
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Personify
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - personificere, levendegøre
Nederlands (Dutch)
verpersoonlijken, belichaming van iets zijn, persoonlijke eigenschappen toeschrijven aan
Français (French)
v. tr. - incarner, (Littérat) personnifier
Deutsch (German)
v. - verkörpern, personifizieren
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προσωποποιώ, ενσαρκώνω, είμαι η προσωποποίηση
Italiano (Italian)
rappresentare, personificare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - personificar, imitar
Русский (Russian)
персонифицировать, символизировать, воплощать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - representar, personificar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - personifiera, förkroppsliga
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
赋与...以人性, 使人格化
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 賦與...以人性, 使人格化
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 의인하다, 구체화하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 擬人化する, 具現する, 化身になる
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يشخص, يمثل, يجسد
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - האניש, אינש, גילם, ייחס תכונות-אנוש, היווה סמל
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