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
personify (third-person singular simple present personifies, present participle personifying, simple past and past participle personified)
(transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
(transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character.
Source: Wiktionary
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
17 May 2024
(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
