Definition of personate Personate

per•son•ate

We found 13 definitions of personate from 4 different sources.

What does personate mean?

Verb
personate - pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
		pose, impersonate
		deceive, lead astray, betray cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
		masquerade pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"
personate - attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
		personify
		ascribe, attribute, impute, assign attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

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personate (Verb)
To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.
personate (Verb)
To portray a character as in a play; to act.
personate (Verb)
To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify.
personate (Adjective)
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.

personate (v. t.)
To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.
personate (v. t.)
To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion.
personate (v. t.)
To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
personate (v. t.)
To personify; to typify; to describe.
personate (v. i.)
To play or assume a character.
personate (a.)
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.