personate 1
verbdomain: v speaking
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
Examples
- 1.She posed as the Czar's daughter
Hypernym
deceive 2
verb
cause someone to believe an untruth
EnglishDerivationally related form
personation 2
noun
acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
personation 1
noun
imitating the mannerisms of another person
Hyponym
masquerade 2
verb
pretend to be someone or something that you are not
