What does "personate" mean?
Personate: 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. Hammond.
Additional senses
- 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.
- 4.To play or assume a character.
- 5.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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