personify (v.)

  1. invest with or as with a body; give body to

    [ Syn: body ]

  2. represent, as of a character on stage; Derek Jacobi was Hamlet

    [ Syn: embody , be ]

  3. attribute human qualities to something; The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous

    [ Syn: personate ]

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