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UK
/pɜːsˈɒnɪfˌaɪ/
]
[ US /pɝˈsɑnəˌfaɪ/ ]
[ US /pɝˈsɑnəˌfaɪ/ ]
VERB
-
represent, as of a character on stage
Derek Jacobi was Hamlet - invest with or as with a body; give body to
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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