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English Dictionary: Personate	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Personate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
personate v pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" Synonym(s): pose, impersonate, personate attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" Synonym(s): personify, personate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Personate \Per"sonate\, 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; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate* his brother; a personated devotion. --Hammond. 2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [R.] [bd]A personated mate.[b8] --Milton. 3. To personify; to typify; to describe. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. i. To play or assume a character.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. --Milton.