- 1. n. The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. Source: opted
- 2. n. A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands. Source: opted
- 3. n. a person who represents an abstract quality Source: wordnet
- 4. n. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature Source: wordnet
- 5. n. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight. 2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopopas, the floods clap their hands. "Confusion heards his voice." Milton. Source: webster
- 7. A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstractidea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality;prosopopas, the floods clap their hands. "Confusion heards hisvoice." Milton. Source: adambom
- 8. n:100 n. a person who represents an abstract quality n. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature n. the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. Source: ecdict
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