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Meanings of personify in English

Portuguese
representar
Catalan
caracteritzar
Spanish
encarnar

Represent, as of a character on stage.

        representar
        Spanish
        dar cuerpo

        Invest with or as with a body; give body to.

              dar cuerpo
              Portuguese
              personificar
              Catalan
              personificar

              Attribute human qualities to something.

                    personificar
                    Usage of personify in English
                    1
                    That doesn't seem to happen with these companies because we personify them.
                    Radio NZ
                    2
                    They equally personify the character and the prejudices of the old Russian.
                    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
                    3
                    That is the essential idea my New Republic would personify and embody.
                    Mankind in the Making
                    4
                    The more we can individualize and personify, the more lively our sympathy.
                    The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume...
                    5
                    The religious emotion will often and freely personify, and must do so.
                    The Chief End of Man
                    6
                    Encourage your child to personify their worry by giving it a name.
                    Radio NZ
                    7
                    We?re capable of breathing life force and personify the two exorbitant passions.
                    Praetor's Lunch
                    8
                    If Judaism wants to compete, we need to personify our vision of God.
                    Naked pictures of famous people
                    9
                    The visible tumour is not something that I picture or personify very clearly.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    For nothing could more completely personify the spirit of the spring-time.
                    The Soul of the Far East
                    11
                    Somehow they personify and identify terms for which referents are unreported.
                    The Tyranny Of Words
                    12
                    Maskelyne took up, then embraced, then came to personify the lunar distance method.
                    The illustrated longitude: the true story of a lone genius who s...
                    13
                    By his crown he probably meant to personify the Roman Caesar.
                    Life in Mexico
                    14
                    Haider is abhorrent to me, but he does not personify Austria.
                    The Guardian
                    15
                    I here personify and call my themes, to make them pass before ye.
                    Leaves of Grass
                    16
                    Then he was made to personify Vishnu, and perform his avatars, or labors.
                    Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
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                    Personify through the time
                    Personify across language varieties
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