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To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.

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  1. v. t. To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.
  2. v. t. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
  3. v. invest with or as with a body; give body to
  4. v. represent, as of a character on stage
  5. v. attribute human qualities to something
  6. 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.
  7. v:100 v. attribute human qualities to something