GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Personate , 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.]
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   In fable, hymn, or song so personating
   Their gods ridiculous.
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   Personate, v. t. [L. personatus masked, assumed, fictitious, fr. persona a mask. See Person.]
   To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; to impersonate{3}; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion.
   Hammond.
   
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   To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [R.] “A personated mate.” 
   Milton.
   
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   To personify; to typify; to describe.
   Shak.
   
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   Personate, v. i. To play or assume a character.
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   Personate , 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.
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