Past tense of personify
regular verb
The past tense of personify is personified. The past participle is also personified.
Forms of personify
| Base form (V1) | personify /pə(ɹ)ˈsɒnɪfaɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | personified |
| Past participle (V3) | personified |
| Present participle | personifying |
| Third person singular | personifies |
Personified in a sentence
- The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.
- In the sentence "She is beauty personified," the postpositive adjective is "personified", modifying "beauty".From the entry postpositive adjective
- Balanced force is personified by hermaphroditic union of the two principles.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 106. From the entry hermaphroditic
- Bezos has personified for more than two decades.2021 February 2, Karen Weise, “Jeff Bezos to Step Down as Amazon C.E.O.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry changing of the guard
- She personified the unique catself, owning who she was.2009, Joanna Devrais, Hearthstories: A Modern Woman's Quest for the Essential Self, page xiii. From the entry catself
Meaning of personify
- verb To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
- verb To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona.
Questions about the past tense of personify
- What is the past tense of personify?
- The past tense of personify is personified.
- What is the past participle of personify?
- The past participle of personify is personified.
- Is personify a regular or irregular verb?
- Personify is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: personify (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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