PERSONIFY (personified)
Dictionary entry overview: What does personify mean?
• PERSONIFY (verb)
The verb PERSONIFY has 3 senses:
1. invest with or as with a body; give body to
2. represent, as of a character on stage
3. attribute human qualities to something
Familiarity information: PERSONIFY used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PERSONIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Invest with or as with a body; give body to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
body; personify
Hypernyms (to "personify" is one way to...):
be; embody; personify (represent, as of a character on stage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Represent, as of a character on stage
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
embody; personify; be
Context example:
Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
Hypernyms (to "personify" is one way to...):
represent; stand for; symbolise; symbolize; typify (express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "personify"):
body; personify (invest with or as with a body; give body to)
exemplify; represent (be characteristic of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Attribute human qualities to something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
personate; personify
Context example:
The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
Hypernyms (to "personify" is one way to...):
ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
