6. (Theol.) Among Trinitarians, one of the three subdivisions of the
Godhead (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost); an hypostasis.
"Three persons and one God." Bk. of Com. Prayer.
7. (Gram.) One of three relations or conditions (that of speaking, that
of being spoken to, and that of being spoken of) pertaining to a noun
or a pronoun, and thence also to the verb of which it may be the
subject.
A noun or pronoun, when representing the speaker, is said to be in the
first person; when representing what is spoken to, in the second
person; when representing what is spoken of, in the third person.
8. (Biol.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound
Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense,
among the higher animals. Haeckel.
True corms, composed of united personÊ . . . usually arise by
gemmation, . . . yet in sponges and corals occasionally by fusion
of several originally distinct persons.
Encyc. Brit.
Artificial, or Fictitious, person (Law), a corporation or body politic.
blackstone. -- Natural person (Law), a man, woman, or child, in
distinction from a corporation. -- In person, by one's self; with
bodily presence; not by representative. "The king himself in person is
set forth." Shak. -- In the person of, in the place of; acting for.
Shak.
Per"son (?), v. t. To represent as a person; to personify; to
impersonate. [Obs.] Milton.
||Per*so"na (?), n.; pl. PersonÊ (#). [L.] (Biol.) Same as Person, n.,
||8.
Per"son*a*ble (?), a. 1. Having a well-formed body, or person;
graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man
or woman.
Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind.
Spenser.
The king, . . . so visited with sickness, was not personable.
E. Hall.
2. (Law) (a) Enabled to maintain pleas in court. Cowell. (b) Having
capacity to take anything granted.
Per"son*age (?), n. [F. personnage.] 1. Form, appearance, or belongings
of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the
like, of a person. "In personage stately." Hayward.
The damsel well did view his personage.
Spenser.
2. Character assumed or represented. "The actors and personages of this
fable." Broome. "Disguised in a false personage." Addison.
3. A notable or distinguished person; a conspicious or peculiar
character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature
tall. Spenser.
Per"son*al (?), a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to
human beings as distinct from things.
Every man so termed by way of personal difference.
Hooker.
2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting,
an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to
private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal
desire.
The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so
personal to Cain.
Locke.
3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as,
personal charms. Addison.
4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. "Personal
communication." Fabyan.
The immediate and personal speaking of God.
White.
5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or
private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal
reflections or remarks.