資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate
things. --Chesterfield.
2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to
impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
資料來源 : WordNet®
personify
v 1: invest with or as with a body; give body to [syn: {body}]
2: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was
Hamlet" [syn: {embody}, {be}]
3: attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks
personated their gods ridiculous" [syn: {personate}]
[also: {personified}]
personified
See {personify}