PERSONIFIED

PERSONIFY

personify, personate

(verb) attribute human qualities to something; “The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous”

embody, be, personify

(verb) represent, as of a character on stage; “Derek Jacobi was Hamlet”

body, personify

(verb) invest with or as with a body; give body to

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

personified

simple past tense and past participle of personify

Source: Wiktionary


PERSONIFY

Per*son"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Personified; p. pr. & vb. n. Personifying.] Etym: [Person + -fy: cf. F. personnifier.]

1. To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being. The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things. Chesterfield.

2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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