Synonyms: personate, personify
Definition: attribute human qualities to something
Usage: The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
Similar words: impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
Definition: attribute or credit to
Usage: We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare; People impute great cleverness to cats
Synonyms: personify, embody, be
Definition: represent, as of a character on stage
Usage: Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
Similar words: typify, symbolise, symbolize, stand for, represent
Definition: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
Usage: What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
Definition: invest with or as with a body; give body to
Similar words: personify, embody, be
Definition: represent, as of a character on stage
Usage: Derek Jacobi was Hamlet