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IMPERSONATE
impersonate
(verb) represent another person with comic intentions
impersonate, portray
(verb) assume or act the character of; “She impersonates Madonna”; “The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
impersonate (third-person singular simple present impersonates, present participle impersonating, simple past and past participle impersonated)
(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.
Synonym: personate
(transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
(obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
Synonym: embody
Anagrams
• permeations
Source: Wiktionary
Im*per"son*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impersonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating.]
1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.
2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. Benedict impersonated his age. Milman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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