Personate

From Latin persōnātus

Full definition of personate

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.
• Miltona personated mate

Related terms

• personation
• personative
• personator

Adjective

1. (botany) 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.

Latin personare ("to cry out").

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.
• MiltonIn fable, hymn, or song so personating
  Their gods ridiculous.

Anagrams

• Esperanto