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personify
verb
[ pəˈsɒnɪfʌɪ ]
• represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form.
• "public pageants and dramas in which virtues and vices were personified"
Origin:
early 18th century: from French personnifier, from personne ‘person’.
