About The Word Impersonate
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Impersonate
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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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