PERSONATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Attribute human qualities to something

Example:

The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous

Synonyms:

personate; personify

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "personate" is one way to...):

ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

Example:

She posed as the Czar's daughter

Synonyms:

impersonate; personate; pose

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "personate" is one way to...):

betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "personate"):

masquerade (pretend to be someone or something that you are not)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

personation (acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture)

personation (imitating the mannerisms of another person)