personate.
To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.
Meaning & usage
To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.
To portray a character (as in a play); to act.
To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify.
To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
Where this word comes from
From Latin persōnātus.
Having the throat of a corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip (reminiscent of a mask), as in the flower of the snapdragon.
Where this word comes from
From Latin persōnātus.
To celebrate loudly; to extol, to praise.
Where this word comes from
From Latin personō (“cry out”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.