personify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
    body.
  2. verb represent, as of a character on stage
    embody; be.
    • Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
  3. verb attribute human qualities to something
    personate.
    • The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous

WordNet

Per*son"i*fy transitive verb
Etymology
Person + -fy: cf. F. personnifier.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Personified ; present participle & verbal noun Personifying
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913