PERSONATION

portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation

(noun) acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

impersonation, personation

(noun) imitating the mannerisms of another person

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

personation (countable and uncountable, plural personations)

The act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character

The roles or characters so played

(UK) The act of voting in an election by impersonating someone else.

Anagrams

• onapristone

Source: Wiktionary


Per`son*a"tion, n.

Definition: The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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