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personified

personified is the simple past and past participle of personify.

Meaning of personify

Verb

personify (third-person singular simple present personifies, present participle personifying, simple past and past participle personified)

  1. (transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
    • Mozart could be said to personify musical genius.
    Antonyms:
    unpersonify
  2. (transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona.
    • The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.
    Antonyms:
    unpersonify

Questions about personified

What is personified the simple past and past participle of?
Personified is the simple past and past participle of personify.

Words near personified in the dictionary

  1. personification
  2. personifications
  3. personificative
  4. personificator
  5. personificators
  6. personified
  7. personifier
  8. personifiers
  9. personifies
  10. personify
  11. personifying

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