impersonifyv.

Brit.

/ˌɪmpəˈsɒnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˌɪmpərˈsɑnəˌfaɪ/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: impersonate v.

Etymology: Alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ify suffix) of impersonate v., after personify v. Compare slightly earlier impersonification n.

Now rare.

†1. intransitive. To take human form; to become personified. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 25 May As for Miss Farren—if the Comic Muse herself was to impersonify—more bewitching grace and captivation there could not be!

2. transitive. To represent or imagine (an immaterial thing or abstract quality) as a person or being; to personify; (also) to be the embodiment or epitome of.In quot. 1787 intransitive in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)] > embody > in a person

impersonate1609

impersonate1631

impersonify1787

impersonize1804

1787 World, Fashionable Advertiser 2 Nov. What is Heroism, but that elevation of mind, which refers to the highest order of events—which, superior both to vanity and avarice, has generous cares and generous joys, beyond itself?—Colonel Barré, and his place in the Exchequer, will impersonify.

1789 World 2 Jan. The personal temper and political progress of Mr. Pitt..impersonify the abstract idea of virtue by its own powers, stedfast and immoveable!

1831 V. Kennedy Res. Nature & Affinity Anc. & Hindu Mythol. i. 17 The inducements which led mankind to impersonify the planets and elements under the human form.

1864 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. It was not the lot of Robson, as it was of Rachel and of Kean, to impersonify the loftier emotions.

1919 Musical Q. Apr. 152 We may cast our mental gaze for the moment upon the attitude of Nietzsche, and call modernism (impersonified by Wagner) with him a malady.

1979 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 99 164/2 Kaņţakārī.., on the other hand, impersonifies a useless tree, because its fruit is tasteless and its flower has no fragrance.

Derivatives

ˌimperˈsonified adj. represented or imagined as a person; (also) that is the embodiment or epitome of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > embodied > in a person

impersonated1726

impersonified1804

impersonate1820

1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin 186 We find another striking peculiarity in Dr. Darwin's style, that of invariably presenting a class by an impersonified individual.

1919 Jewish Forum Apr. 850 Morowitz's tall, imposing figure, arms folded sternly over the bosom of his long frock coat, became an impersonified admonition of the Terrible Wrath.

2014 Z. Chi tr. X. Zhuo in D. Lü & X. Gong Marxism & Relig. ii. 67 ‘Atheism’..does not allow any idea of god or deity, nor does it acknowledge the existence of impersonified and impersonalized divinity.

† impersonifying adj. Obsolete rare that tends to represent or imagine something as a person or being.In quot. a1864 perhaps: that represents or pretends to be something else.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > making concrete or embodying > in a person

impersonifyinga1864

a1864 J. Clare Poems (1908) 120 Strange scenes mere shadows are to me, Vague impersonifying things.

1883 E. Gosse 17th Cent. Stud. 64 Webster..was only saved by his strong impersonifying habit of mind from falling into the mere historic dullness of such plays as Perkin Warbeck or Sejanus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impersonify
释义	impersonifyv. Brit. /ˌɪmpəˈsɒnᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌɪmpərˈsɑnəˌfaɪ/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: impersonate v. Etymology: Alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ify suffix) of impersonate v., after personify v. Compare slightly earlier impersonification n. Now rare. †1. intransitive. To take human form; to become personified. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 25 May As for Miss Farren—if the Comic Muse herself was to impersonify—more bewitching grace and captivation there could not be! 2. transitive. To represent or imagine (an immaterial thing or abstract quality) as a person or being; to personify; (also) to be the embodiment or epitome of.In quot. 1787 intransitive in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)] > embody > in a person impersonate1609 impersonate1631 impersonify1787 impersonize1804 1787 World, Fashionable Advertiser 2 Nov. What is Heroism, but that elevation of mind, which refers to the highest order of events—which, superior both to vanity and avarice, has generous cares and generous joys, beyond itself?—Colonel Barré, and his place in the Exchequer, will impersonify. 1789 World 2 Jan. The personal temper and political progress of Mr. Pitt..impersonify the abstract idea of virtue by its own powers, stedfast and immoveable! 1831 V. Kennedy Res. Nature & Affinity Anc. & Hindu Mythol. i. 17 The inducements which led mankind to impersonify the planets and elements under the human form. 1864 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. It was not the lot of Robson, as it was of Rachel and of Kean, to impersonify the loftier emotions. 1919 Musical Q. Apr. 152 We may cast our mental gaze for the moment upon the attitude of Nietzsche, and call modernism (impersonified by Wagner) with him a malady. 1979 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 99 164/2 Kaņţakārī.., on the other hand, impersonifies a useless tree, because its fruit is tasteless and its flower has no fragrance. Derivatives ˌimperˈsonified adj. represented or imagined as a person; (also) that is the embodiment or epitome of something. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > embodied > in a person impersonated1726 impersonified1804 impersonate1820 1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin 186 We find another striking peculiarity in Dr. Darwin's style, that of invariably presenting a class by an impersonified individual. 1919 Jewish Forum Apr. 850 Morowitz's tall, imposing figure, arms folded sternly over the bosom of his long frock coat, became an impersonified admonition of the Terrible Wrath. 2014 Z. Chi tr. X. Zhuo in D. Lü & X. Gong Marxism & Relig. ii. 67 ‘Atheism’..does not allow any idea of god or deity, nor does it acknowledge the existence of impersonified and impersonalized divinity. † impersonifying adj. Obsolete rare that tends to represent or imagine something as a person or being.In quot. a1864 perhaps: that represents or pretends to be something else. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > making concrete or embodying > in a person impersonifyinga1864 a1864 J. Clare Poems (1908) 120 Strange scenes mere shadows are to me, Vague impersonifying things. 1883 E. Gosse 17th Cent. Stud. 64 Webster..was only saved by his strong impersonifying habit of mind from falling into the mere historic dullness of such plays as Perkin Warbeck or Sejanus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1787
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