Antonyms for impersonate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : verb im-pur-suh-neyt; adjective im-pur-suh-nit, -neyt

Phonetic Transcription : verb ɪmˈpɜr səˌneɪt; adjective ɪmˈpɜr sə nɪt, -ˌneɪt

Definition of impersonate

Origin : 1620s, "to invest with a personality," from assimilated form of Latin in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + persona "person." Sense of "to assume the person or character of" is first recorded 1715. Earlier in same sense was personate (1610s). Related: Impersonated; impersonating.

verb pretend to be another

Example sentences :

They intrude here, to impersonate the Nine Worthies before the two Courts.
Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by John Masefield

Now when I am sixty-three I shall begin to impersonate children.
Extract from : « The Merry-Go-Round » by Carl Van Vechten

What would he have given to impersonate her lover in the piece!
Extract from : « A Laodicean » by Thomas Hardy

She proceeded to impersonate both that heroine and Madame La Farge.
Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke

He used the choruses as Handel did, to impersonate the mass of people.
Extract from : « How Music Developed » by W. J. Henderson

The students had chosen a hideous old grumbler to impersonate him.
Extract from : « In Midsummer Days and Other Tales » by August Strindberg

Without it, anyone might impersonate anyone else he pleased.
Extract from : « The Standardized Man » by Stephen Bartholomew

Do you mean to say Ward Porton dared to come here and impersonate me and get them?
Extract from : « Dave Porter and His Double » by Edward Stratemeyer

What's he going to do—forge papers, or impersonate somebody?
Extract from : « The Tower of Oblivion » by Oliver Onions

This bewilderment was due to Miss Lessing's inability to impersonate.
Extract from : « Famous Prima Donnas » by Lewis Clinton Strang

Synonyms for impersonate

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