personify

personify
    v 1: invest with or as with a body; give body to [syn: {body},
         {personify}]
    2: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was
       Hamlet" [syn: {embody}, {be}, {personify}]
    3: attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks
       personated their gods ridiculous" [syn: {personify},
       {personate}]
    

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.
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            The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate
            things.                               --Chesterfield.
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   2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to
      impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
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45 Moby Thesaurus words for "personify":
      adumbrate, body, body forth, corporealize, corporify, demonstrate,
      emblematize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, exteriorize,
      externalize, figure, foreshadow, humanize, illustrate, image,
      impersonate, incarnate, incorporate, manifest, materialize,
      metaphorize, mirror, objectify, personalize, personate, prefigure,
      pretypify, project, realize, reembody, reflect, reincarnate,
      represent, shadow, shadow forth, similize, stand for,
      substantialize, substantiate, substantify, symbolize, transmigrate,
      typify