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Verb: personify  pur'sónu`fI
  1. Invest with or as with a body; give body to
    - body
     
  2. Represent, as of a character on stage
    - embody, be
     
  3. Attribute human qualities to something
    - personate

Derived forms: personified, personifies, personifying

See also: person, persona, personification

Type of: ascribe, assign, attribute, impute, represent, stand for, symbolise [Brit], symbolize, typify

Encyclopedia: Personify