Note: A noun or pronoun, when representing the speaker, is said to be in the first person; when representing what is spoken to, in the second person; when representing what is spoken of, in the third person.
8. (Biol.)
Defn: A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals. Haeckel. True corms, composed of united personæ . . . usually arise by gemmation, . . . yet in sponges and corals occasionally by fusion of several originally distinct persons. Encyc. Brit. Artificial, or Fictitious, person (Law), a corporation or body politic. blackstone. — Natural person (Law), a man, woman, or child, in distinction from a corporation. — In person, by one's self; with bodily presence; not by representative. "The king himself in person is set forth." Shak. — In the person of, in the place of; acting for. Shak.
PERSON
Per"son, v. t.
Defn: To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate. [Obs.]
Milton.
PERSONA
Per*so"na, n.; pl. Personæ. Etym: [L.] (Biol.)
Defn: Same as Person, n., 8.
PERSONABLE
Per"son*a*ble, a.
1. Having a well-formed body, or person; graceful; comely; of good appearance; presentable; as, a personable man or woman. Wise, warlike, personable, courteous, and kind. Spenser. The king, . . . so visited with sickness, was not personable. E. Hall.
2. (Law) (a) Enabled to maintain pleas in court. Cowell. (b) Having capacity to take anything granted.