personify

[Per*sonĀ·i*fy]

To personify is to give something lifeless human like qualities like when Emily Dickinson wrote, "Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me..."

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To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.

Verb
attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"

Verb
represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

Verb
invest with or as with a body; give body to


v. t.
To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.

v. t.
To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.


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.
The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things.
2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.

To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.

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