personate

English

Etymology

From Latin persōnātus

Verb

personate (third-person singular simple present personates, present participle personating, simple past and past participle personated)

1. (transitive) to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate
2. (transitive) to portray a character (as in a play); to act
3. (transitive) to attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify

Related terms

• personation
• personative
• personator

Adjective

personate (comparative more personate, superlative most personate)

1. (botany) 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.

Anagrams

• Esperanto

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Latin

Verb

personāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of personō