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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