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Definition of Impersonate

1. Verb. Assume or act the character of. "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

2. Verb. Represent another person with comic intentions.

3. Verb. Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions. "She posed as the Czar's daughter"

Definition of Impersonate

1. v. t. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

Definition of Impersonate

1. Verb. (transitive) To manifest in corporeal form, or in one's own person or body. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Impersonate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impersonate

imperseverant impersistence impersonal impersonal-subject impersonal subject impersonal subjects impersonal verb impersonal verbs impersonalities impersonality

impersonalize impersonalized impersonalizes impersonalizing impersonally impersonate (current term) impersonated impersonates impersonating impersonation

impersonations impersonator impersonators impersonification impersonifications imperspicuity imperspicuous impersuadable impersuasible impertinence

Literary usage of Impersonate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1903)
"To make Poe live before a knowing and critical public it was necessary to find an actor who could impersonate him strikingly in appearance and temperament. ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"When Edgar impersonate a я"*»"' " he elf» all his hair in knots." (1мг, и. З.) " Thiel« that very MAO Tint plats ibe manes nf horses in the ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"3. He, realize, actualize, do the duties of, display the qualities of,have the essential character of. 2. Personate, impersonate, represent, playi ..."

4. Death: The Meaning and Result by John K Wilson (1901)
"... Colloquy With Spirit Antagonists—Message Intercepted—Plan to impersonate—Discovered—More Messages Intercepted—Decoy Message—Detected—Message Signed, ..."

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