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[ UK /pɜːsˈɒnɪfˌa‍ɪ/ ]
[ US /pɝˈsɑnəˌfaɪ/ ]
VERB
  1. represent, as of a character on stage
    Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
  2. invest with or as with a body; give body to
  3. attribute human qualities to something
    The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous

How To Use personify In A Sentence

  • These louts personify all that is wrong with our society today.
  • The first note, F, sung by the tenor in bars 1 and 2, in this instance personifying the final note of the chanson's tenor, prefigures the opening F of the cantus firmus in bar 15 of the Credo.
  • Like literary writers, nineteenth-century scientists sometimes created characters to embody or personify challenging ideas.
  • We often personify the sun and the moon , calling the sun " he " and the moon'she ".
  • He talked about being able to purge yourself of issues, fears and anxieties by personifying them as demons and then doing workings to expel them.
  • His characters personify determination and inventiveness.
  • In their detachment and mobility, these characters personify the movements and uses of capital as they enter speculatively into representations of different cultures.
  • The honorable senator from Connecticut (note the irony) is right up there with Hillary Clinton in personifying what’s wrong with our government. Think Progress » Lieberman Flashback: Questioning Bush’s Credibility Is Central To Democracy
  • If you personify the fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfulness, goodness, and self-control—everything you do will have a positive impact for God as well as for everyone in your life. Recovering From Religious Abuse
  • From Plato to Jung, and from Jung to Hillman, there is a reversal of perspective about personifying, which is after all the process of giving body to a concept. Plato and Jung
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