personifier (personifier)

[ personify (pėr-son'i-fi), v. t.; pret. and pp. per sonified, ppr. personifying. [= F. personnifier = Sp. Pg. person if i car = It. person if i care, The life and action of the body being ascribed to a soul, all other phenomena of the universe were in like manner ascribed to soul-like beings or spirits, which are thus, in fact, personified causes. Encyc. Brit ., II. 56. 2. To impersonate; be an impersonation or embodiment of: as, he personifies all that is mean.