What does personate mean?
Definitions for personate
ˈpɜr səˌneɪtper·son·ate
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Princeton's WordNet
pose, impersonate, personateverb
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
"She posed as the Czar's daughter"
personify, personateverb
attribute human qualities to something
"The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
Wiktionary
personateverb
to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate
personateverb
to portray a character (as in a play); to act
personateverb
to attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify
personateadjective
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.
Etymology: From personatus
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Personateverb
Etymology: from persona, Latin.
This lad was not to personate one, that had been long before taken out of his cradle, but a youth that had been brought up in a court, where infinite eyes had been upon him. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
Herself a while she lays aside, and makes
Ready to personate a mortal part. Richard Crashaw.It has been the constant practice of the Jesuits to send over emissaries, with instructions to personate themselves members of the several sects amongst us. Jonathan Swift.
Piety is opposed to that personated devotion, under which any kind of impiety is disguised. Henry Hammond, Fundamentals.
Thus have I played with the dogmatist in a personated scepticism. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.
The lofty cedar personates thee. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.
Whose eyes are on this sovereign lady fixt,
One do I personate of Timon’s frame,
Whom fortune with her iv’ry hand wafts to her. William Shakespeare.I am thinking, what I shall say; it must be a personating of himself; a satyr against the softness of prosperity. William Shakespeare.
I will drop in his way some obscure epistles
Of love, wherein, by the colour of his beard, the
Shape of his leg, the manner of his gait, the
Expressure of his eye, forehead and complexion,
He shall find himself most feelingly personated. William Shakespeare.
ChatGPT
personate
To personate means to pretend or act to be someone else, particularly for fraudulent purposes or in a play or performance. It may involve mimicking the other person's characteristics, mannerism, or appearance.
Webster Dictionary
Personateverb
to celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise
Personateverb
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
Personateverb
to set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask
Personateverb
to personify; to typify; to describe
Personateverb
to play or assume a character
Personateadjective
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
Etymology: [L. personatus masked.]
Entomology
Personate
gaping wide open; masked; disguised.
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Anagrams for personate »
esperanto
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of personate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of personate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of personate in a Sentence
It is difficult to personate and act a part long, for where truth is not at the bottom Nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other.
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