Meaning of IMPERSONATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]im'pursunit, [v]im'pursu`neyt, im'pursu`neyt
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- [v] pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
- [v] represent another person with comic intentions
- [v] assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
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| | Synonyms: | | personate, portray, pose |
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| | See Also: | | act, betray, deceive, lead astray, masquerade, mock, play, represent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*per"son*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Impersonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impersonating}.]
1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a
living being.
2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to
personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.
Benedict impersonated his age. --Milman.
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| | Related Terms: | | act, act a part, act as, act out, adumbrate, ape, body forth, copy, copycat, create a role, demonstrate, depict, discourse, do, embody, enact, exemplify, figure, foreshadow, hit off, hit off on, illustrate, image, incarnate, make false pretenses, masquerade as, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, pantomime, parrot, pass for, perform, personate, personify, play, play a part, play a role, play opposite, playact, portray, pose as, prefigure, pretend to be, pretypify, project, realize, reflect, represent, shadow, shadow forth, support, sustain a part, take a part, take off, take off on |
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