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PERSONATE

Dictionary entry overview: What does personate mean?

• PERSONATE (verb)
The verb PERSONATE has 2 senses:

1. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
2. attribute human qualities to something

Familiarity information: PERSONATE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PERSONATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

personate; impersonate; pose

Context example:

She posed as the Czar's daughter

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

Sense 2

personate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Attribute human qualities to something

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

personate; personify

Context example:

The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous

Hypernyms (to "personate" is one way to...):

ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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