personate

1 pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes 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]

English

Etymology

From personatus

Verb

1. to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate
2. to portray a character (as in a play); to act
3. to attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify

Related terms

• personation
• personative
• personator

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