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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Impersonate

/ĭmˌ-pẽrs'-ən-ātˌ/ · Im·per·son·ate · IPA /ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt/
01 v. t. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.
imp. & p. p. Impersonated; p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating
  1. 1.
    To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.
  2. 2.
    To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
  3. 3.
    To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.
    “Benedict impersonated his age.” Milman.