'Personify' definitions:
Definition of 'personify'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Personify'
From: GCIDE
- Personify \Per*son"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Personified; p. pr. & vb. n. Personifying.] [Person + -fy: cf. F. personnifier.]
- 1. To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being. [1913 Webster]
- The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things. --Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'personify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adumbrate,
- body,
- body forth,
- corporealize,
- corporify,
- demonstrate,
- emblematize,
- embody,
- epitomize,
- exemplify,
- exteriorize,
- externalize,
- figure,
- foreshadow,
- humanize,
- illustrate,
- image,
- impersonate,
- incarnate,
- incorporate,
- manifest,
- materialize,
- metaphorize,
- mirror,
- objectify,
- personalize,
- personate,
- prefigure,
- pretypify,
- project,
- realize,
- reembody,
- reflect,
- reincarnate,
- represent,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- similize,
- stand for,
- substantialize,
- substantiate,
- substantify,
- symbolize,
- transmigrate,
- typify