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personate

per·so·nate

uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

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

  • “She posed as the Czar”
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2.

attribute human qualities to something

  • “The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous”
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Origin

From Latin personō (“cry out”).

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