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personate |
5 definitions found 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Personate \Per"son*ate\, 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.] ``A personated mate.'' --Milton. 3. To personify; to typify; to describe. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: personate v 1: pretend to be someone you are not with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: {pose}, {impersonate}] 2: attribute human qualities to something "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" [syn: {personify}]
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