Antonyms for personate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pur-suh-neyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr səˌneɪt

Definition of personate

As in mimic : verb imitate, mock
As in perform : verb act, depict as entertainment
As in play : verb act; take the part of
As in act : verb entertain by playing a role
As in play-act : verb act
As in do : verb act, behave
As in enact : verb act out; accomplish
As in imitate : verb pretend to be; do an impression of
As in impersonate : verb pretend to be another

Example sentences :

We fixed upon Pierce to personate the ghost because he was tall and lanky.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

At that moment he was less like himself than was the impostor who came there to personate him.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Let us fancy him on a journey, try and personate him; that would be the real way.
Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever

I accompanied Linton to Limerick at his request, dressed to personate you.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

It was his own idea to personate you, and the risk is his own.
Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

It needed freedom, and the absence of any urgency, to enable him to personate a gentleman.
Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald

Not always, however, did they personate the same characters.
Extract from : « Daring and Suffering: » by William Pittenger

His plan, therefore, was to kill him, and then personate him.
Extract from : « The Mark Of Cain » by Andrew Lang

He may personate me long enough to kill my father and rifle his hoards.
Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard

It was a picture that she dared not let her mind rest on: how then could she personate it?
Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith

Synonyms for personate

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