Definition of Personify. Meaning of Personify. Synonyms of Personify

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Definition of Personify

Personify
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. --Chesterfield. 2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.

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- Death is frequently imagined as a personified force. In some mythologies, a character known as the Grim Reaper (usually depicted as a berobed skeleton...
- embodiment or an incarnation. In the arts, many things are commonly personified. These include numerous types of places, especially cities, countries...
- as a place of savagery and tropical wilderness. At this time, America personified predominantly possessed elements ****ociated with hot, tropical environs...
- the goddess Rán and the jötunn Ægir both personify the sea, and together they have nine daughters who personify waves. Each daughter's name reflects poetic...
- Father Time is a personification of time. In recent centuries he is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, sometimes with wings, dressed in a robe...
- elected House of Commons, the appointed House of Lords and the Crown (as personified by the monarch). The main business of parliament takes place in the two...
- Rule Britannia, and the two personifications were often combined as a personified "British Liberty". A large monument, originally called the "Column of...
- Alma Mater as a bearer of light and truth, standing in the midst of the personified arts and sciences. Depictions of Alma Mater Alma Mater, University of...
- mother's reign, he was largely excluded from political influence and came to personify the fashionable, leisured elite. He married Princess Alexandra of Denmark...