Associations to the word «Personate»

Wiktionary

PERSONATE, verb. (transitive) to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate
PERSONATE, verb. (transitive) to portray a character (as in a play); to act
PERSONATE, verb. (transitive) to attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify
PERSONATE, verb. (transitive) To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
PERSONATE, adjective. (botany) 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.
PERSONATE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.

Dictionary definition

PERSONATE, verb. Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter".
PERSONATE, verb. Attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous".

Wise words

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