personify

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

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

   Mozart could be said to personify musical genius.

2. 2
   verb

   To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona.

   The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.

3. 3
   verb

   attribute human qualities to something

4. 4
   verb

   represent, as of a character on stage

5. 5
   verb

   invest with or as with a body

Etymology

From French personnifier. By surface analysis, person + -ify or person(a) + -ify.