a. [ L. personalis: cf. F. personnel. ] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. [ 1913 Webster ]

The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. “Personal communication.” Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

The immediate and personal speaking of God. White. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Personal action (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. --
Personal equation. (Astron.) See under Equation. --
Personal estate or
Personal property (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or real property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. --
Personal identity (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. --
Personal pronoun (Gram.), one of the pronouns I, thou, he, she, it, and their plurals. --
Personal representatives (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. --
Personal rights, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. --
Personal tithes. See under Tithe. --
Personal verb (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A movable; a chattel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Computers) A computer{ 2 } designed for use by one person at a time; -- contrasted with shared-time computers such as a mainframe, server or minicomputer, which may be accessed by multiple users each operating from a different input device (in the 1990's, usually a terminal or personal computer). A personal computer typically uses a microprocessor for its CPU.
Syn. -- PC, microcomputer. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being personal; personality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Personalities [ Cf. F. personnalité. Cf. Personality. ] 1. That which constitutes distinction of person; the externally evident aspects of the character or behavior of a person; individuality. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sharp personalities were exchanged. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A person who is famous or notable; a celebrity. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Personalized p. pr. & vb. n. Personalizing ] To make personal. “They personalize death.” H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Made for or directed or adjusted to a particular individual; modified for a particular person; as, personalized luggage; personalized advice.
Syn. -- individualized. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Pointedly referring to or concerning a person's individual personality or intimate affairs, especially offensively; as, personalized criticism.
Syn. -- pointed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. 1. In a personal manner; by bodily presence; in person; not by representative or substitute; as, to deliver a letter personally. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, being cited, personally came not. Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With respect to an individual; as regards the person; individually; particularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

She bore a mortal hatred to the house of Lancaster, and personally to the king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. With respect to one's individuality; as regards one's self; as, personally I have no feeling in the matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a person; personality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Personal property, as distinguished from realty or real property. [ 1913 Webster ]