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personate¹
Where it comes from
From Latin persōnātus.
verb personates · personating · personated
- To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate. But this latter has, at the suggestion of Tyndarus, exchanged clothes with him, and the slave[…] personates the master.
- To portray a character (as in a play); to act. The antients would certainly have invoked the goddess Flora for this purpose, and it would have been no difficulty for their priests, or politicians to have persuaded the people of the real presence of the deity, though a plain mortal had personated her and performed her office.
- To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify. One do I personate of Timon's frame , Whom Fortune with her iv'ry hand wafts to her
- To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. a personated mate
adjective
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Having the throat of a corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip (reminiscent of a mask), as in the flower of the snapdragon.
This arrangement is well typified in plants with a personate corolla, such as the toad-flax and snap-dragon, ...
Similar: masked
personate²
Where it comes from
From Latin personō (“cry out”).
verb personates · personating · personated
- To celebrate loudly; to extol, to praise. I vvill drop in his vvay ſome obſcure Epiſtles of loue, vvherein by the colour of his beard, the ſhape of his legge, the manner of his gate, the expreſſure of his eye, forehead, and complection, he ſhall finde himſelfe moſt feelingly perſonated.
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title = {personate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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