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PERSONATE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attribute human qualities to something
Example:
The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
Synonyms:
personate; personify
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "personate" is one way to...):
ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
Example:
She posed as the Czar's daughter
Synonyms:
impersonate; personate; pose
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "personate" is one way to...):
betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "personate"):
masquerade (pretend to be someone or something that you are not)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
personation (acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture)
personation (imitating the mannerisms of another person)
