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Webster 1913 Edition
Impersonate
Im-per′son-ate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Impersonated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impersonating
.] 1.
To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.
2.
To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
3.
To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate;
as, he
. impersonated
MacbethWebster 1828 Edition
Impersonate
IMPER'SONATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
impersonate
impersonate
English
Verb
impersonate (third-person singular simple present impersonates, present participle impersonating, simple past and past participle impersonated)
- (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of.
- The conman managed to impersonate several executives.
- (obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
assume identity of
Italian
Verb
impersonate
- second-person plural present of impersonare
- second-person plural imperative of impersonare
- feminine plural past participle of impersonare