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Webster 1913 Edition

Personate

Per′son-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Personated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Personating
.]
[L.
personare
to cry out, LL., to extol. See
Person
.]
To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.
[Obs.]
In fable, hymn, or song so
personating

Their gods ridiculous.
Milton.

Per′son-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
personatus
masked, assumed, fictitious, fr.
persona
a mask. See
Person
.]
1.
To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; to impersonate{3}; hence, to counterfeit; to feign;
as, he tried to
personate
his brother; a
personated
devotion.
Hammond.
2.
To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
[R.]
“A personated mate.”
Milton.
3.
To personify; to typify; to describe.
Shak.

Per′son-ate

,
Verb.
I.
To play or assume a character.

Per′son-ate

,
Adj.
[L.
personatus
masked.]
(Bot.)
Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Personate

PER'SONATE

,
Verb.
T.
To represent by a fictitious or assumed character so as to pass for the person represented.
1.
To represent by action or appearance; to assume the character and act the part of another.
2.
To pretend hypocritically. [Little used.]
3.
To counterfeit; to feign; as a personated devotion.
4.
To resemble.
The lofty cedar personates thee.
5.
To make a representation of, as in picture.
6.
To describe.
7.
To celebrate loudly. [L. persono.] [Not used.]

PER'SONATE

,
Adj.
[L. persona, a mask.] Masked. A personate corol is irregular and closed by a kind of palate; or ringent, but closed between the lips by the palate.

Definition 2024

persónate

persónate

See also: personate

Spanish

Verb

persónate

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of personarse.

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