About The Word Impersonate

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Impersonate

Impersonate Meaning & Definition
Impersonate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impersonate?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Impersonate: personate | portray | pose

Related Terms | Find terms related to Impersonate: 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

See Also | act | betray | deceive | lead astray | masquerade | mock | play | represent

Impersonate In Webster's Dictionary

\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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