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personate

verb

Meaning

  • To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.

  • To portray a character (as in a play); to act.

  • To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify.

  • To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.

adjective

Meaning

  • Having the throat of a corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip (in a way reminiscent of a mask), as in the flower of the snapdragon.