personify

🇺🇸 /pərˈsɑːnɪfaɪ/ 🇬🇧 /pəˈsɒnɪfaɪ/
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verb
R

to represent a quality or characteristic by being an example of it

Her hard work and determination personify the spirit of our company.

R

to treat or describe something non-human as if it has human characteristics

In the story, the sun and the moon were personified as a couple in love.

translation

v. to represent a quality or characteristic by being an example of it; to treat or describe something non-human as if it has human characteristics

Word Forms

3rd Present personifies
Past personified
Perfect personified
Progressive personifying