PERSONATE

personate

Verb

  1. to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate
  2. to portray a character (as in a play); to act
  3. to attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify
  4. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.

Adjective

  1. 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.


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