PERSONATE

v. a.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. Milton.

2.
v.

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.

3.
v.

To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [R.] "A personated mate." Milton.

4.
v.

To personify; to typify; to describe. Shak.

5.
v.

To play or assume a character.

6.
a.

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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