Category:Personate

Per"son*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Personated; p. pr. & vb. n. Personating.] Etym: [l. personare to cry out, ll., to extol. See Person.]

Defn: to celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [obs.] In fable, hymn, or song so personating their gods ridiculous. Milton.

Personate Per"son*ate, v. t. Etym: [l. personatus masked, assumed, fictitious, Fr. persona a mask. See person.]

1. To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious Appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, He tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion. Hammond.

2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [r.] "a Personated mate." Milton.

3. To personify; to typify; to describe. Shak.

Personate Per"son*ate, v. i.

Defn: to play or assume a character.

Personate Per"son*ate, a. Etym: [l. personatus masked.] (bot.)

Defn: having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a Projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of The snapdragon.