impersonizev.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpəːsənʌɪz/,

/ɪmˈpəːsn̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpərsəˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1800s impersonise, 1800s– impersonize.

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

Etymology: Alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ize suffix) of impersonate v., probably after impersonization n. Compare earlier impersonify v. Compare also earlier personize v., which is rare after the 18th cent.

Now rare.

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 something. Occasionally also intransitive.Frequently in passive, esp. in later use.

ΘΚΠ

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

impersonate1609

impersonate1631

impersonify1787

impersonize1804

1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin vi. 344 Our most fatal chronic diseases..are very poetically impersonised as they hover round the seductive nymph, Vitis, while Chemia mingles poison in her bowl.

1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin v. 203 She impersonizes too lavishly.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 131 The various modifications and contentions of good and evil in this life, typified and impersonized by fairies, demons, &c.

1824 tr. E. T. A. Hoffmann Devil's Elixir I. ii. 19 She herself impersonized the triumphant church, affording to pious believers the assurance of blessing and protection.

1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 190 He is ‘I’ impersonized. He is tall, moderately lean, has a remarkably long neck, holds himself as perpendicular as a mill-chimney.

1916 C. Ticknor Poe's Helen iii. 36 He moved silently and lonelily among the crowd and seemed like a strain of his Poetry impersonized.

2014 @poeticabello 23 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) You are perfection impersonized.

Derivatives

† impersonized adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin 203 The Botanic Queen descended, and the impersonized elements received her.

1845 Hood's Mag. 4 25 Having seen him..in one of his most grotesque and absurd characters, I considered him as an impersonised sarcasm upon the age.

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

单词	impersonize
释义	impersonizev. Brit. /ɪmˈpəːsənʌɪz/, /ɪmˈpəːsn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpərsəˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1800s impersonise, 1800s– impersonize. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: impersonate v. Etymology: Alteration (with suffix substitution: see -ize suffix) of impersonate v., probably after impersonization n. Compare earlier impersonify v. Compare also earlier personize v., which is rare after the 18th cent. Now rare. 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 something. Occasionally also intransitive.Frequently in passive, esp. in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)] > embody > in a person impersonate1609 impersonate1631 impersonify1787 impersonize1804 1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin vi. 344 Our most fatal chronic diseases..are very poetically impersonised as they hover round the seductive nymph, Vitis, while Chemia mingles poison in her bowl. 1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin v. 203 She impersonizes too lavishly. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 131 The various modifications and contentions of good and evil in this life, typified and impersonized by fairies, demons, &c. 1824 tr. E. T. A. Hoffmann Devil's Elixir I. ii. 19 She herself impersonized the triumphant church, affording to pious believers the assurance of blessing and protection. 1862 C. C. Robinson Dial. Leeds & Neighbourhood 190 He is ‘I’ impersonized. He is tall, moderately lean, has a remarkably long neck, holds himself as perpendicular as a mill-chimney. 1916 C. Ticknor Poe's Helen iii. 36 He moved silently and lonelily among the crowd and seemed like a strain of his Poetry impersonized. 2014 @poeticabello 23 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) You are perfection impersonized. Derivatives † impersonized adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1804 A. Seward Mem. Dr. Darwin 203 The Botanic Queen descended, and the impersonized elements received her. 1845 Hood's Mag. 4 25 Having seen him..in one of his most grotesque and absurd characters, I considered him as an impersonised sarcasm upon the age. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1804
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