personify
verb (used with object)
to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
has personified
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present perfectof personify (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Cabello has personified Venezuela’s ruling socialist movement like few others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
For generations of attorneys, he has personified courage against long odds and the high-minded practice of law in service of social good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
Less attention has been paid to the forces that have abetted his rise and eroded Republican support for immigration — forces Miller has personified and advanced in a career unusually reflective of its times.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2019
Recovering denier Sammy Sosa has personified this technique, but it's only worked out so-so for him.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2013
As a transition-stage the religion of imagination is perfectly normal, and it does not in the least impair freedom if, for example, one has personified evil as a living Devil.
From Pedagogics as a System by Anna C. (Anna Callender) Brackett
