Personification: alternatives and connections

The descent of a deity to earth, and his incarnation as a man or an animal; -- chiefly associated with the incarnations of Vishnu.

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The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.

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The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.

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The wife of a king.

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The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.

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The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

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Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Sole.

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The use of a word or expression in a different sense from that which properly belongs to it; the use of a word or expression as changed from the orig…

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To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.

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To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being.

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The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature.

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