Found 2 items, similar to personate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: personate personate v 1: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; “She posed as the Czar's daughter” [syn: pose, impersonate] 2: attribute human qualities to something; “The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous” [syn: personify]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Personate Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. i. To play or assume a character. [1913 Webster] 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] 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] 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; 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]