personify (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[personify 词源字典]
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.[personify etymology, personify origin, 英语词源]