Definitions for personate
ˈpɜr səˌneɪtper·son·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pose, impersonate, personateverb

   pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

   "She posed as the Czar's daughter"

2. personify, personateverb

   attribute human qualities to something

   "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. personateverb

   to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate

2. personateverb

   to portray a character (as in a play); to act

3. personateverb

   to attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify

4. personateadjective

   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.

5. Etymology: From personatus

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Personateverb

   Etymology: from persona, Latin.

   1. To represent by a fictitious or assumed character, so as to pass for the person represented.

   This lad was not to personate one, that had been long before taken out of his cradle, but a youth that had been brought up in a court, where infinite eyes had been upon him. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   2. To represent by action or appearance; to act.

   Herself a while she lays aside, and makes
   Ready to personate a mortal part. Richard Crashaw.

   3. To pretend hypocritically, with the reciprocal pronoun.

   It has been the constant practice of the Jesuits to send over emissaries, with instructions to personate themselves members of the several sects amongst us. Jonathan Swift.

   4. To counterfeit; to feign. Little in use.

   Piety is opposed to that personated devotion, under which any kind of impiety is disguised. Henry Hammond, Fundamentals.

   Thus have I played with the dogmatist in a personated scepticism. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

   5. To resemble.

   The lofty cedar personates thee. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   6. To make a representative of, as in picture. Out of use.

   Whose eyes are on this sovereign lady fixt,
   One do I personate of Timon’s frame,
   Whom fortune with her iv’ry hand wafts to her. William Shakespeare.

   7. To describe. Out of use.

   I am thinking, what I shall say; it must be a personating of himself; a satyr against the softness of prosperity. William Shakespeare.

   I will drop in his way some obscure epistles
   Of love, wherein, by the colour of his beard, the
   Shape of his leg, the manner of his gait, the
   Expressure of his eye, forehead and complexion,
   He shall find himself most feelingly personated. William Shakespeare.

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1. personate

   To personate means to pretend or act to be someone else, particularly for fraudulent purposes or in a play or performance. It may involve mimicking the other person's characteristics, mannerism, or appearance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Personateverb

   to celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise

2. Personateverb

   to assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion

3. Personateverb

   to set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask

4. Personateverb

   to personify; to typify; to describe

5. Personateverb

   to play or assume a character

6. Personateadjective

   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

7. Etymology: [L. personatus masked.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Personate

   gaping wide open; masked; disguised.

Matched Categories

1. • Deceive
   • Impute

Anagrams for personate »

1. esperanto

How to pronounce personate?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of personate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of personate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of personate in a Sentence

1. Tillotson:

   It is difficult to personate and act a part long, for where truth is not at the bottom Nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=personate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Personate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=personate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personate
6. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=personate