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personify

English

Etymology

From French personnifier; equivalent to person +? -ify or persona +? -ify.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p?(?)?s?n?fa?/

Verb

personify (third-person singular simple present personifies, present participle personifying, simple past and past participle personified)

  1. (transitive) To be an example of; to have all the attributes of.
    Mozart could be said to personify musical genius.
  2. (transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or [[persona.
    The writer personified death in the form of the Grim Reaper.

Related terms

  • personification

Translations

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kachina

English

Alternative forms

  • katchina, katcina, katsina

Etymology

Borrowed from Hopi katsina.

Noun

kachina (plural kachinas)

  1. (Pueblo culture) A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).
  2. (Pueblo culture) A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
  3. (Pueblo culture) A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.

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