English-Thai Dictionary

personify

VT ทำให้ เป็น บุคคล  ทำให้ เป็น ลักษณะ บุคคล  tam-hai-pen-buk-kon

 

personify

VT เป็น สัญลักษณ์  เป็น แบบอย่าง  เป็น ตัวอย่าง  embody typify symbolize pen-san-ya-lak

 

personify

VT แสดง เป็น  เล่น บทบาท เป็น  personate sa-dang-pen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERSONIFY

v.t.[L. persona and facio.] To give animation to inanimate objects; to ascribe to an inanimate being the sentiments, actions or language of a rational being or person, or to represent an inanimate being with the affections and actions of a person. Thus we say, the plants thirst for rain. The trees said to the fig-tree, come thou, and reign over us. Judges 9:1 .

 

PERSONIFYING

ppr. Giving to an inanimate being the attributes of a person.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERSONIFY

Per *son "i *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Personified; p. pr. & vb. n.Personifying. ] Etym: [Person + -fy: cf. F. personnifier. ]

 

1. To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being. The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things. Chesterfield.

 

2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

personify

per son i fy |pərˈsänəˌfī pərˈsɑnəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( personifies, personifying, personified ) [ with obj. ] represent (a quality or concept ) by a figure in human form: public pageants and dramas in which virtues and vices were personified. • (usu. be personified ) attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to (something nonhuman ): in the poem, the oak trees are personified. • represent or embody (a quality, concept, or thing ) in a physical form: he fairly personifies trustworthiness. DERIVATIVES per son i fi er |-ˌfī (ə )r |noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French personnifier, from personne ‘person. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

personify

per ¦son |ify |pəˈsɒnɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( personifies, personifying, personified ) [ with obj. ] represent (a quality or concept ) by a figure in human form: public pageants and dramas in which virtues and vices were personified. • attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to (something non-human ): in the poem the oak trees are personified. • represent or embody (a quality, concept, etc. ) in a physical form: the car personified motoring fun for two decades. DERIVATIVES personifier noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French personnifier, from personne ‘person ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

personify

personify verb the picture on the label should personify good, wholesome American cooking: epitomize, embody, hypostatize, typify, exemplify, represent, symbolize, stand for, be the incarnation of, body forth, put a face on.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

personify

personify verb 1 in the poem, the oak trees are personified: humanize, anthropomorphize, personalize. 2 you personify every foreigner's image of the perfect English gentleman: epitomize, embody, be the embodiment /incarnation of, typify, exemplify, represent, symbolize, stand for, give human form /shape to, body forth, incarnate, be representative of, encapsulate, manifest; rare image.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

personify

per son i fy /pə r sɑ́nɪfàɪ |-sɔ́n -/動詞 -fies ; -fied ; ～ing 他動詞 1 …を擬人化する ▸ They personified natural phenomena .彼らは自然現象を擬人化した 2 …の化身 [権化, 典型 ]となる ; …を体現する, 具現する ▸ He personifies courage. ≒He is courage personified .彼は勇気の塊だ