Person

pėr′sun, n. character represented, as on the stage: character: an individual, sometimes used slightingly: a living soul: a human being: the outward appearance, .: bodily form: one of the three hypostases or individualities in the triune God: ( gram. ) a distinction in form, according as the subject of the verb is the person speaking, spoken to, or spoken of.— adj. Per′sonable , having a well-formed body or person: of good appearance.— n. Per′sonāge , a person: character represented: an individual of eminence: external appearance.— adj. Per′sonal , belonging to a person: having the nature or quality of a person: peculiar to a person or to his private concerns: pertaining to the external appearance: done in person: relating to one's own self: applied offensively to one's character: ( gram. ) denoting the person.— n. Personal isā′tion , personification.— v.t. Per′sonalise , to make personal.— ns. Per′sonalism , the character of being personal; Per′son a list , one who writes personal notes; Personal′ity , that which distinguishes a person from a thing, or one person from another: individuality: a derogatory remark or reflection directly applied to a person—esp. in pl. Personal′ities .— adv. Per′sonally , in a personal or direct manner: in person: individually.— n. Per′sonalty ( law ), all the property which, when a man dies, goes to his executor or administrator, as distinguished from the realty, which goes to his heir-at-law.— v.t. Per′sonāte , to a ume the likene or character of: to represent: to counterfeit: to feign.— adj. ( bot. ) mask-like, as in the corollary of the snapdragon: larval, cucullate.— adj. Per′sonāted , impersonated, feigned, a umed.— ns. Personā′tion ; Per′sonātor .— n. Person isā′tion .— v.t. Per′sonise , to personify.— n. Personnel′ , the persons employed in any service, as distinguished from the materiel.— Personal estate , property , movable goods or property, as distinguished from freehold or real property, esp. in land; Personal exception ( Scots law ), a ground of objection which applies to an individual and prevents him from doing something which, but for his conduct or situation, he might do; Personal identity , the continued samene of the individual person, through all changes both without and within, as testified by consciousne ; Personal rights , rights which belong to the person as a living, reasonable being; Personal security , security or pledge given by a person, as distinguished from the delivery of some object of value as security; Personal service , delivery of a me age or an order into a person's hands, as distinguished from delivery in any other indirect way; Personal transaction , something done by a person's own effort, not through the agency of another.— In person , by one's self, not by a representative. [Fr.,—L. persōna , a player's mask, perh. from persŏnāre , -ātum — per , through, sonāre , to sound.]