What is the meaning of personify?

verb

  • Invest with or as with a body; give body to.
  • Represent, as of a character on stage.
    • usage: "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
  • Attribute human qualities to something.
    • usage: "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
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