The Collaborative International Dictionary
Personifying
Personify \Per*son"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Personified; p. pr. & vb. n. Personifying.] [Person + -fy: cf. F. personnifier.]
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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 be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.
Wiktionary
personifying
vb. (present participle of personify English)