person

v. t. To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 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 ]