personify
- to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- to represent (a thing or abstraction) in the form of a person, as in art.
- to embody (a quality, idea, etc.) in a real person or a concrete thing.
- to be an embodiment or incarnation of; typify: He personifies the ruthless ambition of some executives.
- to personate.
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exemplify, incarnate, manifest, typify, epitomize, embody, symbolize, illustrate, materialize, copy, exteriorize, imitate, substantiate, image, express, externalize, humanize, impersonate, mirror, objectifyExamples from the Web for personifies
Contemporary Examples of personifies
Tel Aviv, to generalize but slightly, dislikes Netanyahu and fears the future he personifies.
Ailes personifies Fox in a way that is true for few other corporate executives.
And he personifies a rugged-yet-sophisticated masculinity that no longer exists.
It might help that Ive, like a younger, healthier Jobs, personifies coolness and creativity.
Historical Examples of personifies
Mr. Falkland personifies the spirit of chivalry at its best and its worst.
Shelley, Godwin and Their CircleH. N. Brailsford
The Hunt, as you may know, personifies our Omegan way of life.
The Status CivilizationRobert Sheckley
He thinks through his muscles; he personifies in his thought and his play.
Here and Now Story BookLucy Sprague Mitchell
We need only pause to note Chesterton personifies this dualism.
G. K. Chesterton, A Critical StudyJulius West
He personifies Destruction as a power who holds them in her chains.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. PeterJ. Rawson Lumby
personify
- to attribute human characteristics to (a thing or abstraction)
- to represent (an abstract quality) in human or animal form
- (of a person or thing) to represent (an abstract quality), as in art or literature
- to be the embodiment of