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representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature

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  1. n. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature
  2. A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification.
  3. A figure by which things are represented as persons, or bywhich things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, afigure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or adeceased person is represented as alive and present. It includespersonification, but is more extensive in its signification.
  4. n:100 n representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature