· invest with or as with a body; give body to
Synonym(s): body
Hypernym(s): embody, be, personify
· represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
Hypernym(s): typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand_for, represent
· attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
Synonym(s): personate
Hypernym(s): impute, ascribe, assign, attribute