Personify Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ify

Personify has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Verb

invest with or as with a body; give body to

body personify

represent, as of a character on stage

"Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"

embody be personify

attribute human qualities to something

"The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"

personify personate

To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.

See Also

attributes personified abstract personifies zephyr unpersonified embody personalization

Related Terms

attributes personified abstract personifies zephyr unpersonified embody personalization character mother carey auster kachina personification personate tiamat personifier person aquilon representation personifiable

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

embody typify impute

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

body exemplify

Rhyming Words

ify reify waify edify deify unify ignify nidify wikify verify ramify minify aerify ossify sanify finify munify ethify notify omnify

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