Personified
- Personify Per*son"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Personified}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Personifying}.] [Person + -fy: cf. F.
personnifier.]
1. To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent
as a rational being.
[1913 Webster]
The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things. --Chesterfield. [1913 Webster]
2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Look at other dictionaries:
personified — per·son·i·fy || pÉœr sÉ‘nɪfaɪ /pÉœË sÉ’ v. give human qualities to an inhuman object; embody, incarnate, typify … English contemporary dictionary
PERSONIFIED — … Useful english dictionary
Chance Personified — Fortuna (Roman); Tyche (Greek) … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Ocean Personified — Oceanus (Roman); Okeanos (Greek) … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Sleep Personified — Hypnos (Greek sleep) whose brother was Thanatos or death … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Superstition Personified — Abessa who sought sanctuary behind convent walls shielding her from truth, according to Spenser’s Faerie Queene … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Time Personified — the aged Chronos of the Greeks and Romans Father Time … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Victory Personified — Nike the Greek goddess or her Roman counterpart Victoria … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Wealth Personified — Ploutus (Greek); Plutus (Roman) … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Youth Personified — Juventus (Latin youth) … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
