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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions;
- Example: "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
[syn: pose, impersonate, personate]

2. attribute human qualities to something;
- Example: "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
[syn: personify, personate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. i. To play or assume a character. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] [1913 Webster] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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; to impersonate[3]; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion. --Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [R.] "A personated mate." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To personify; to typify; to describe. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

personate v 1: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: pose, impersonate, personate] 2: attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" [syn: personify, personate]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "personate": act, act a part, act as, act out, adumbrate, ape, body forth, copy, create a role, demonstrate, depict, do, embody, enact, exemplify, figure, foreshadow, illustrate, image, impersonate, incarnate, masquerade as, mime, mimic, mirror, pantomime, pass for, perform, personify, play, play a part, play a role, play opposite, portray, pose as, prefigure, pretend to be, pretypify, project, realize, reflect, represent, shadow, shadow forth, support, sustain a part, take a part, take off