Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To render personal rather than impersonal or purely professional.
- transitive verb To make or alter so as to meet individual needs, inclinations, or specifications.
- transitive verb To have printed, engraved, or monogrammed with one's name or initials.
- transitive verb To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.
- transitive verb To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make personal; endow with personality; personify. Warburton. Also splled personalise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make personal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
adapt something to the needs of anindividual - verb to
represent somethingabstract as aperson ; toembody
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make personal or more personal
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Examples
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Again, I can only personalize, which is not always the best thing to do.
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Now, it was time for me to give lessons as I explained to my students how to "personalize" binoculars for their own vision:
Great Binoculars For Kids – Celestron 12X25 UpClose Binoculars | Universe Today 2010
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So while it is a good idea to "personalize" the races for Congress, the last thing Democrats should do is to "localize" them, because the party that nationalizes a midterm -- and dominates the national dialogue -- almost always comes out ahead.
Robert Creamer: Dirty Little Secrets the Republicans Don't Want You to Know 2010
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So while it is a good idea to "personalize" the races for Congress, the last thing Democrats should do is to "localize" them, because the party that nationalizes a midterm -- and dominates the national dialogue -- almost always comes out ahead.
Dirty Little Secrets the Republicans Don't Want You to Know 2010
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If and how you 'personalize' your news experience is simply a question of new methods, not new habits.
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Judges must "personalize" social injury, understanding, for example, that inertial law enforcement has its victims.
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However, the American media seems to "personalize" the fear more than others.
perspective 2005
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We don't need the government to "personalize" or, in any other way, put its stamp of approval upon our right to the money that we have earned.
How the GOP Abuses Language to Cloak its Criminal Political Agenda 2007
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He wants you to believe that Bush's plan would "personalize" Social Security.
How the GOP Abuses Language to Cloak its Criminal Political Agenda 2007
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Bringing this elitism to create the impression that these heads of state can "personalize" things and thus achieve greater results is total nonsense, pure poppycock.
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