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personize

personize verb: to personify.

Verb

personize (third-person singular simple present personizes, present participle personizing, simple past and past participle personized)

  1. (archaic) To personify.
    • Milton has personized them.1734, Jonathan Richardson, Explanatory Notes and Remarks on Milton's Paradise Lost
    • Fletcher, in personizing the passions and not drawing from real life[…]1778, Mr. Seward, “Preface”, in The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher

Forms of personize

third-person singular presentpersonizes
present participlepersonizing
past participlepersonized
pastpersonized

Origin of personize

From person + -ize.

Questions about personize

What does personize mean?
Personize means to personify.
What part of speech is personize?
Personize is a verb.
What is the past tense of personize?
The past tense of personize is personized.

Words near personize in the dictionary

  1. personism
  2. personist
  3. personists
  4. personization
  5. personizations
  6. personize
  7. personized
  8. personizes
  9. personizing
  10. personkind
  11. personkinds

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