personify

• Verbe utilisé pour représenter ou incarner une qualité, un concept ou une chose sous une forme humaine, ou pour désigner un exemple parfait de quelque chose.

A verb used to represent or embody a quality, concept, or thing in human form, or to be a perfect example of something.

1. Represent as a personB2formal

   To attribute human qualities or characteristics to an abstract idea, object, or animal.

   Personnifier

   • In the poem, the wind is personified as a gentle whisper.
   • Artists often personify death as a skeleton with a scythe.
   • The author personifies the sun as a smiling face.

   Synonymesanthropomorphizehumanize

   Antonymesdehumanizeobjectify

2. EmbodimentB2formal

   To be a perfect example of a particular quality or characteristic.

   Incarner

   • She personifies kindness and generosity.
   • He personifies the spirit of the company.
   • The old castle personifies medieval architecture.

   Synonymesembodyexemplifyincarnaterepresenttypify