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personate vt. 扮演,伪装,假冒,拟人化
a. 假面状的 扮演,伪装,假冒,拟人化假面状的 personate v 1: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; " She posed as the Czar' s daughter" [ synonym: { pose}, { impersonate}, { personate}] 2: attribute human qualities to something; " The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" [ synonym: { personify}, { personate}] Personate \ Per" son* ate\, v. i. To play or assume a character. [ 1913 Webster]
Personate \ Per" son* ate\, a. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster]
Personate \ Per" son* ate\, v. 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.] [ 1913 Webster] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
Personate \ Per" son* ate\, v. 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [ R.] " A personated mate." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To personify; to typify; to describe. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 48 Moby Thesaurus words for " personate": act, act a part, act as, act out, adumbrate, ape, body forth, copy, create a role, demonstrate, depict, do, embody, enact, exemplify, figure, foreshadow, illustrate, image, impersonate, incarnate, masquerade as, mime, mimic, mirror, pantomime, pass for, perform, personify, play, play a part, play a role, play opposite, portray, pose as, prefigure, pretend to be, pretypify, project, realize, reflect, represent, shadow, shadow forth, support, sustain a part, take a part, take off
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