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1. (v.t.) personate
to portray (as a character in a play).
2. personate
to impersonate, esp. with fraudulent intent.
3. personate
to personify.
Etymology: (1590–1600; v. use of L persōnātuspersonate2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) pose, impersonate, personate
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
"She posed as the Czar's daughter"
2. (verb) personify, personate
attribute human qualities to something
"The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) personate
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
2. (verb) personate
to celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise
3. (verb) personate
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
4. (verb) personate
to set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask
5. (verb) personate
to personify; to typify; to describe
6. (verb) personate
to play or assume a character
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