PERSONIFY
\pɜːsˈɒnɪfˌa͡ɪ], \pɜːsˈɒnɪfˌaɪ], \p_ɜː_s_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of PERSONIFY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.
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To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
By Oddity Software
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To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.
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To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(rhet.) To ascribe to any inanimate object the qualities of a person:-pa.t. and pa.p. personified.
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PERSONIFICATION.
By Daniel Lyons
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PERSONIFICATION.
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To attribute human qualities to (something inanimate, an abstraction, etc.); represent or refer to as a person.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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