1727 to attribute personal form to things or abstractions (especially as an artistic or literary technique), from person + -fy or from French personnifier (17c.), from personne. Meaning to represent, embody attested from 1806. Related: Personified; personifying.
â Only ticks that are attached and have finished feeding or are near the end of their meal can transmit Lyme disease. After arriving on the skin, the tick that spreads Lyme disease usually takes 24 hours before feeding begins.â Even if a tick is attached, it must have taken a blood meal to transmit Lyme disease.At least 36 to 48 hours of feeding is required for a tick to have fed and then transmit the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.After this amount of time, the tick will be engorged (full of blood). An engorged tick has a globular shape and is larger than an unengorged one.t least 36 to 48 hours of feeding is required for a tick to have fed and then transmit the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. After this amount of time, the tick will be engorged (full of blood). An engorged tick has a globular shape and is larger than an unengorged one.
The tick generally must be attached to you for about 36 hours in order for it to transmit the Lyme disease bacteria. There are three stages of Lyme disease. If the disease isn't treated, it may progress in stages from mild symptoms to serious, long-term disabilities.