personate

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verb

1. pretend to be someone you are not;
sometimes with fraudulent intentions
- She posed as the Czar's daughter
• Syn:
pose, impersonate
• Derivationally related forms:
personation, impersonation (for: impersonate), impersonator (for: impersonate), poser (for: pose)
• Hypernyms:
deceive, betray, lead astray
• Hyponyms:
masquerade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP (for: pose)
2. attribute human qualities to something
- The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
• Syn:
personify
• Derivationally related forms:
personification (for: personify), person (for: personify)
• Hypernyms:
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something