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Synonyms 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

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Définition 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

Antonyms for impersonate

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