personate
[verb]
Synonyms: act, discourse, do, enact, impersonate, perform, play, playact, represent, emblematize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, illustrate, mirror, personalize, personify, typify

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personate adjective. ['pǝ:s(ǝ)nǝt] L16.
[Latin personatus masked, feigned, from persona mask: see PERSON noun, -ATE².]
1. Personated, feigned, pretended. L16-E19.

2. Of the nature of a person; embodied in or as a person. Only in 17.

3. Botany. Of a two-lipped corolla (as in an antirrhinum): having the opening between the lips closed by an upward projection of the lower lip. Opp. ringent. M18.

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personate verb. ['pǝ:s(ǝ)neɪt] L16.
[Late Latin personat- pa. ppl stem of personare, from persona: see PERSON noun, -ATE³.]
1. verb trans. & intrans. Act or play the part of (a character in a drama etc.). L16.
2. verb trans. Represent or describe in writing; symbolize. L16-L17.
3. verb trans. Pretend to be (another person), esp. for the purpose of fraud; spec. (Politics) cast a vote in the name of (another person); impersonate. E17.
4. verb trans. Stand for, represent, symbolize; personify, embody. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
5. verb trans. Feign (a quality). E-M17.

■ perso'nation noun (a) the action or an act of personating; (b) a person as a personification of a quality etc.: L16.

■ personative ['pǝ:s(ǝ)neɪtɪv] adjective (of poetry) involving dramatic representation L18.

■ personator noun E17.

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