Associations to the word «Personify»

Wiktionary

PERSONIFY, verb. (transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
PERSONIFY, verb. (transitive) To create a representation of an abstract quality in the form of a literary character.

Dictionary definition

PERSONIFY, verb. Invest with or as with a body; give body to.
PERSONIFY, verb. Represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet".
PERSONIFY, verb. Attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.