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.
Is it thus unreasonable to expect at least one sympathetic character to "personify" pro-war feeling?
Eight months after arriving at Eastern Airlines with the cold title of court-appointed trustee, Martin R. Shugrue has come to personify the company while taking a place in its tradition of colorful and controversial bosses.
Mr. Ebright is said to personify a new breed of managers emerging at the 157-year-old company.
Whether it be Mrs Beckett, with her roots in the old left, or Mr Prescott, who does not personify renewal, is of no significance.