Associations to the word «Personate»

PERSONATE, verb. (transitive) to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate

PERSONATE, verb. (transitive) to portray a character (as in a play); to act

PERSONATE, verb. (transitive) to attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify

PERSONATE, verb. (transitive) To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.

PERSONATE, adjective. (botany) 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.

PERSONATE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.

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

PERSONATE, verb. Attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous".