Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - personify
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Personify
personify
~ v 1 to think of or represent a quality or thing as a person (Time is often personified as an old man with a scythe.) 2 to represent a particular quality or thing by having a lot of that quality or by being a typical example of that thing (Our son is laziness personified. | The President seemed to personify American people in general.)
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(personifies, personifying, personified) If you say that someone personifies a particular thing or quality, you mean that they seem to be a perfect example of that thing, or to have that quality to a very large degree. She seemed to personify goodness and nobility... On other occasions she can be charm personified. VERB: V n, V-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (-fied; -fying) Date: circa 1741 1. to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers 2. to be the embodiment or personification of ; incarnate a teacher who personified patience • personifier noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 attribute a personal nature to (an abstraction or thing). 2 symbolize (a quality etc.) by a figure in human form. 3 (usu. as personified adj.) embody (a quality) in one's own person; exemplify typically (has always been kindness personified). Derivatives personifier n. Etymology: F personnifier (as PERSON) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. олицетворять, персонифицировать poets personify the sun and moon —- поэты олицетворяют солнце и луну 2. воплощать, символизировать in this man the age was personified —- этот человек был воплощением своего века ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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