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personifiant

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per⋅son⋅i⋅fy

  [per-son-uh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
2. to represent (a thing or abstraction) in the form of a person, as in art.
3. to embody (a quality, idea, etc.) in a real person or a concrete thing.
4. to be an embodiment or incarnation of; typify: He personifies the ruthless ambition of some executives.
5. to personate.
Origin:
1720–30; person + -ify; cf. F personnifier, It personificare

Related forms:
per⋅son⋅i⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
per⋅son⋅i⋅fi⋅ant, adjective
per⋅son⋅i⋅fi⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
4. represent, exemplify, incorporate.
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Word Origin & History

personify 
1727 "to attribute personal form to things or abstractions" (especially as an artistic or literary technique), from Fr. personnifier (17c.), as if from L. *personificare, from persona (see person) + -ficare "to make." Personification in the sense of "embodiment of a quality in a person" is attested from 1807.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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