Per"son*ate, v. i. To play or assume a character.
Per"son*ate (?), a. [L. personatus masked.] (Bot.) Having the throat of
a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the
lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.
Per`son*a"tion (?), n. The act of personating, or conterfeiting the
person or character of another.
Per"son*a`tor (?), n. One who personates. "The personators of these
actions." B. Jonson.
Per`son*e"i*ty (?), n. Personality. [R.] Coleridge.
Per*son`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. personnification.] 1. The act of
personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight.
2. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract
idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality;
prosopop&?;ia; as, the floods clap their hands. "Confusion heards his
voice." Milton.
Per*son"i*fi`er (?), n. One who personifies.
Per*son"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Personified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Personifying (?).] [Person + -fy: cf. F. personnifier.] 1. To regard,
treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.
The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things.
Chesterfield.
2. To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he
personifies the law.