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English verb: personate | |||
| 1. | personate (communication) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions | ||
| Samples | She posed as the Czar's daughter. | ||
| Synonyms | impersonate, pose | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | betray, deceive, lead astray | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | masquerade | ||
| 2. | personate (cognition) attribute human qualities to something | ||
| Samples | The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous. | ||
| Synonyms | personify | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ascribe, assign, attribute, impute | ||
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