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
- 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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