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# personify

«personify» in Mova's school dictionary: **To describe a thing, animal or idea as if it were a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (personify, personifies, personified, personifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (writing) To describe a thing, animal or idea as if it were a person, with human feelings or actions: "The wind howled angrily." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/#m1)

2) To be a perfect example of a quality: "She personifies kindness." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English and poetry lessons, personification is a figure of speech: "The sun smiled down", "The trees whispered". Pupils learn to spot and use it. In everyday speech, "he personifies patience" means he is the best example of being patient.

### examples

- Poets often personify the moon as a lady. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/#x1)
- In "the angry storm", the writer personifies the weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/#x2)
- Grandma personifies kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/#x3)
- Can you personify the sea in your poem? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/#x4)
- The cartoon personifies the vegetables as funny characters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/#x5)
- Old stories personify death as a figure in a cloak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/#x6)
- He personifies the change of seasons, and that process of transformation in nature by means of which the leaf-buds become developed into blossoms, and the blossoms into fruit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/#x7)

### note

Irregular spelling: personifies, personified (y to i). Noun: personification. Do not mix up with simile (using "like" or "as") or metaphor (saying one thing is another).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «personify» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.