personate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.
2. (transitive) To portray a character (as in a play); to act.
3. (transitive) To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify.
4. (transitive) To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.

Adj

Having the throat of a corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip (reminiscent of a mask), as in the flower of the snapdragon.

Synonyms

impersonate

personify

represent

embody

transform

imitate

incarnate

disguise

transfigure

enact

pose

animise

animate

animize

come

depict

feign

play

purport

take off

act

Translations

personificare

personnifier

personificar

darstellen

υποδύομαι

faire passer pour

représenter

jouer le rôle de

impersonare

uitbeelden

voorstellen

zich uitgeven voor

representar

copiar

personificar

Etymology

From Latin persōnātus.