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a. [ L. impersonalis; pref. im- not + personalis personal: cf. F. impersonnel. See Personal. ] Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality. [ 1913 Webster ]

An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which are not strictly impersonal are often used impersonally; as, it goes well with him. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an impersonal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impersonated p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating. ] 1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Benedict impersonated his age. Milman.

n. One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + personal. ] Having but one person, or form of existence. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Personæ [ L. ] (Biol.) Same as Person, n., 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king, . . . so visited with sickness, was not personable. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) Enabled to maintain pleas in court. Cowell. (b) Having capacity to take anything granted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. personnage. ] 1. Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person. “In personage stately.” Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

The damsel well did view his personage. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Character assumed or represented. “The actors and personages of this fable.” Broome. “Disguised in a false personage.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A notable or distinguished person; a conspicuous or peculiar character; as, an illustrious personage; a comely personage of stature tall. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Personated p. pr. & vb. n. Personating ] [ L. personare to cry out, LL., to extol. See Person. ] To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In fable, hymn, or song so personating
Their gods ridiculous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. personatus masked, assumed, fictitious, fr. persona a mask. See Person. ] 1. To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; to impersonate{ 3 }; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [ R. ] “A personated mate.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To personify; to typify; to describe. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To play or assume a character. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. personatus masked. ] (Bot.) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another; impersonation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who personates. “The personators of these actions.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. tri- + personal. ] Consisting of three persons. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Trinitarian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of existing as three persons in one Godhead; trinity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Uni- + personal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Used in only one person, especially only in the third person, as some verbs; impersonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Theol.) One who believes that the Deity is unipersonal. [ 1913 Webster ]