单词 | personize |
释义 | † personizev. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To assume a character; to act a part. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > have an appearance of, dissemble [verb (intransitive)] > act a part to make fashion1571 personize1593 personate1623 theatrize1839 pose1840 play-act1938 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 197 It was nothing with him [sc. Dr. Perne] to Temporise in genere, or in specie,..that could so formally, & featly Personise in indiuiduo. 2. transitive. To represent as a person; to personify. rare after 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > personification > represent as a person [verb (transitive)] personate1612 personize1726 personify1728 personalize1747 1726 J. Thomson Let. to ‘Mallet’ 11 Aug. in D. Grant James Thomson (1951) iii. 61 I thank you heartily for your hint about personizing Inspiration, it strikes me. 1734 J. Richardson & J. Richardson Explanatory Notes Paradise Lost 84 Milton has Personiz'd them and put them in the Court of Chaos. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 22 If you would make fortune your friend, or to personize her no longer, if you desire, my son, to be rich. 1846 A. Spiers Gen. Eng. & French Dict. 434/1 Personize, personnifier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1593 |
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