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Synonyms for personifies

Grammar : Verb
Spell : per-son-uh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɒn əˌfaɪ

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Définition of personifies

Origin :
  • 1727 "to attribute personal form to things or abstractions" (especially as an artistic or literary technique), from person + -fy or from French personnifier (17c.), from personne. Meaning "to represent, embody" attested from 1806. Related: Personified; personifying.
  • verb represent some other being, character
Example sentences :
  • Mr. Falkland personifies the spirit of chivalry at its best and its worst.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • The Hunt, as you may know, personifies our Omegan way of life.
  • Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
  • He thinks through his muscles; he personifies in his thought and his play.
  • Extract from : « Here and Now Story Book » by Lucy Sprague Mitchell
  • We need only pause to note Chesterton personifies this dualism.
  • Extract from : « G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study » by Julius West
  • He personifies Destruction as a power who holds them in her chains.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. Peter » by J. Rawson Lumby
  • It personifies it, and makes it seem like a living menace, a sentient danger.
  • Extract from : « The Come Back » by Carolyn Wells
  • He personifies his abstractions, and makes them act plays before us.
  • Extract from : « A Critic in Pall Mall » by Oscar Wilde
  • "To me it personifies the greed of all mankind," she replied.
  • Extract from : « The Heritage of the Hills » by Arthur P. Hankins
  • So he personifies all forces he perceives but does not understand.
  • Extract from : « The Hearts of Men » by H. Fielding
  • Fleur-de-Marie, if you will, personifies this benevolent influence.
  • Extract from : « The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 » by Eugne Sue

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