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verb (used with object), per·son·i·fied, per·son·i·fy·ing.
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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.
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Example Sentences
- Here are four contenders who personify certain choices available to the electors.
- In countries around the world, bad guys were found by the news media to personify this narrative.
- We need an advocate with the statue to personify the problem and carry it through.
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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."
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