personize

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verb

To personify.

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Meanings

verbpersonize (third-person singular simple present personizes, present participle personizing, simple past and past participle personized)

present singular third person personizes · participle present personizing · participle past personized · past personized

  1. archaicTo personify.

    Milton has personized them.

    1734, Jonathan Richardson, Explanatory Notes and Remarks on Milton's Paradise Lost
    2 more examples

    Fletcher, in personizing the passions and not drawing from real life[…]

    1778, Mr. Seward, “Preface”, in The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher

    If you would make Fortune your friend, or, to personise her no longer

    1762, Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World

Origin

From person + -ize.

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APA

personize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personize

MLA

“personize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “personize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personize.

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