personify

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verb

1. represent, as of a character on stage (Freq. 2)
- Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
• Syn:
embody, be
• Derivationally related forms:
persona
• Hypernyms:
typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
• Hyponyms:
body, exemplify, represent
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. invest with or as with a body;
give body to (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
body
• Derivationally related forms:
personification, person, body (for: body)
• Hypernyms:
embody, be
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. attribute human qualities to something
- The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
• Syn:
personate
• Derivationally related forms:
personification, person
• Hypernyms:
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something