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personize, v. ? Obs.|ˈpɜːsənaɪz|
[f. person or L. persōna + -ize.]
1. intr. To assume a character; to act a part.
1593G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 197 It was nothing with him [Dr. Perne] to Temporise in genere, or in specie..that could so formally and featly Personise in individuo.
2. trans. To represent as a person, to personify.
1734J. Richardson On Milton's P.L. ii. 964 Milton has Personiz'd them and put them in the Court of Chaos. 1757Herald No. 1 (1758) I. 3 If the purity of the Christian system admits not of her being personized and worshiped externally in shrines. 1762Goldsm. Cit. W. lxx, If you would make Fortune your friend, or, to personize her no longer, if you desire, my son, to be rich.
Hence personiˈzation rare—0, the action of personizing; personification; impersonation.
1890in Cent. Dict. |