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Entry 6 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Personate

· Per·son·ate · IPA
01 v. t. To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.
imp. & p. p. Personated; p. pr. & vb. n. Personating
  1. 1.
    To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.[Obs.]
    “In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous.” Milton.
02 v. t. To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; to impersonate{3}; hence, to counterfeit; to feign…
  1. 1.
    To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; to impersonate{3}; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion.
  2. 2.
    To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.[R.]
  3. 3.
    To personify; to typify; to describe.
03 v. i. To play or assume a character.
  1. 1.
    To play or assume a character.
04 a. 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.
  1. 1.
    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.(Bot.)