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third-person singular simple present personifies, present participle personifying, simple past and past participle personified
(transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of. examples
(transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona. quotations examples
If ever any of the girls had taken a fancy to personify their good genius, they would certainly have given to his image all they remembered of "Uncle Frank."
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, page 73