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

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Mark Twain