'Personate' definitions:

Definition of 'personate'

From: WordNet
verb
Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: pose, impersonate, personate]
verb
Attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" [syn: personify, personate]

Definition of 'Personate'

From: GCIDE
  • Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Personated; p. pr. & vb. n. Personating.] [L. personare to cry out, LL., to extol. See Person.] To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Personate'

From: GCIDE
  • Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. t. [L. personatus masked, assumed, fictitious, fr. persona a mask. See Person.]
  • 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. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [R.] "A personated mate." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To personify; to typify; to describe. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Personate'

From: GCIDE
  • Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. i. To play or assume a character. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Personate'

From: GCIDE
  • Personate \Per"son*ate\, a. [L. personatus masked.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'personate'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Personate'