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sentation; an assumed character. [Archaic] His first appearance upon the stage in his new person of a sycophant or juggler. Bacon. No man can long put on a person and act a part. Jer. Taylor. To bear rule, which was thy part And person, hadst thou known thyself aright. Milton. How different is the same man from himself…

Same as Person, n., 8.

Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman. Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind. Spenser. The king, . . . so visited with sickness, was not personable. E. Hall.

Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person. "In personage stately." Hayward. The damsel well did view his personage. Spenser.

Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker.

The quality or state of being personal; personality. [R.]

That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality. Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground. Coleridge.

To make personal. "They personalize death." H. Spencer.

In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally. He, being cited, personally came not. Grafton.

The state of being a person; personality. [R.]

To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. Milton.

The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.

One who personates. "The personators of these actions." B. Jonson.

Personality. [R.] Coleridge.

The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight.

One who personifies.

To regard, treat, or represent as a person; to represent as a rational being. The poets take the liberty of personifying inanimate things. Chesterfield.

To personify. [R.] Milton has personized them. J. Richardson.

The body of persons employed in some public service, as the army, navy, etc.; -- distinguished from matériel.

To deprive of personality or individuality. [R.] We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves. Hare.