Personate \Per"son*ate\, 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.
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2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
[R.] "A personated mate." --Milton.
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3. To personify; to typify; to describe. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. i.
To play or assume a character.
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Personate \Per"son*ate\, 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.
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Personate \Per"son*ate\, 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.]
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In fable, hymn, or song so personating
Their gods ridiculous. --Milton.
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personate
v 1: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent
intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: pose,
impersonate]
2: attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks
personated their gods ridiculous" [syn: personify]
WordNet (r) 2.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "personate":
act, act a part, act as, act out, adumbrate, ape, body forth, copy,
create a role, demonstrate, depict, do, embody, enact, exemplify,
figure, foreshadow, illustrate, image, impersonate, incarnate,
masquerade as, mime, mimic, mirror, pantomime, pass for, perform,
personify, play, play a part, play a role, play opposite, portray,
pose as, prefigure, pretend to be, pretypify, project, realize,
reflect, represent, shadow, shadow forth, support, sustain a part,
take a part, take off
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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