"personify" meaning in All languages combined

See personify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /pəˈsɒnɪfʌɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-personify.wav [UK] Forms: personify [canonical], personifies [third-person, singular], personified [past], personified [past, participle], personifying [present, participle]
Etymology: person + -ify Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|person|ify}} person + -ify Head templates: {{verb|personif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is personified, it is a representation in the form of a character.
    Sense id: simple-personify-en-verb-ggJe8GhH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ify
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