Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER-SON-I-FI-CA'TION
PER-SON-I-FI-CA'TION, n. [from personify.]
The giving to an inanimate being the figure or the sentiments and language of a rational being; prosopopoeia; as, “confusion heard his voice.” – Milton.
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