per ‧ son ‧ i ‧ fy /pəˈsɒnəfaɪ, pəˈsɒnɪfaɪ $ pərˈsɑː-/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle personified , present participle personifying , third person singular personifies ) [transitive]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ person , ↑ personality , ↑ persona , ↑ personage , the personals, ↑ personification , ↑ personnel ; adjective : ↑ personal ≠ ↑ impersonal , ↑ personalized , ↑ personable ; verb : ↑ personalize , ↑ personify ; adverb : ↑ personally ≠ ↑ impersonally ]
1 . to have a lot of a particular quality or be a typical example of something:
Carter personifies the values of self-reliance and hard work.
kindness/generosity etc personified
Bertha was kindness personified.
2 . to think of or represent a quality or thing as a person
personify something as somebody
Time is often personified as an old man.