personate
verb
per·son·ate
ˈpər-sə-ˌnāt 
personated; personating
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b
: to assume without authority and with fraudulent intent (some character or capacity)
2
: to invest with personality or personal characteristics
… personating / Their gods ridiculous, and themselves past shame.—
John Milton
John MiltonExamples of personate in a Sentence
likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was
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Till’s motifs swept though the ensemble, as horns, clarinets, bassoons, violin all had a chance to personate the character.
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By Libby Hanssen, kansascity.com, 3 June 2017
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“Personate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personate. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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