1727 "to attribute personal form to things or abstractions" (especially as an artistic or literary technique), from person + -fy or from French personnifier (17c.), from personne. Meaning "to represent, embody" attested from 1806. Related: Personified; personifying.
例文
1. She seemed to personify goodness and nobility.
彼女は善良で高貴な化身のようだ。
2.These children personify all that is wrong with the education system.
これらの児童は教育制度の欠陥を十分に体現している。/
3.Artists personify beauty in their works.
アーティストは作品の中で美を表現する。
4. We often personify the sun and the moon , calling the sun " he " and the moon'she ".
私たちはよく「彼」を太陽と呼び、「彼女」を月と呼び、人格化させる。
5.The personify the divine and magic powers worshipped by the people.