Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Personify \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.

Source : WordNet®

personify
     v 1: invest with or as with a body; give body to [syn: {body}]
     2: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was
        Hamlet" [syn: {embody}, {be}]
     3: attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks
        personated their gods ridiculous" [syn: {personate}]
     [also: {personified}]