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Webster 1913 Edition
Personate
Per′son-ate
,Verb.
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
Their gods ridiculous.
personating
Their gods ridiculous.
Milton.
1.
To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; to impersonate{3}; 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.
Per′son-ate
,Verb.
I.
To play or assume a character.
Per′son-ate
,Adj.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Personate
PER'SONATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To represent by action or appearance; to assume the character and act the part of another.2.
To pretend hypocritically. [Little used.]3.
To counterfeit; to feign; as a personated devotion.4.
To resemble. The lofty cedar personates thee.
5.
To make a representation of, as in picture.6.
To describe.7.
To celebrate loudly. [L. persono.] [Not used.]PER'SONATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
persónate
persónate
See also: personate
Spanish
Verb
persónate
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of personarse.