personate

C2+ Topic:Entertainment & Leisure

US /ˈpɜrsəneɪt/ UK /ˈpɜːsəneɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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verb
to impersonate or play the part of another, sometimes fraudulently

He was charged with attempting to personate a registered voter.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to impersonate or play the... impersonate portray represent enact play imitate masquerade

Word family

Derived forms personationpersonator

Related forms person personify personage impersonate

Etymology

From Late Latin personatus ('masked, assumed'), from persona ('mask, character, person'), originally a theatrical mask; the verb sense develops from playing a role on stage.

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Entertainment & Leisure Word Formation & Derivatives

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# personate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɜrsəneɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɜːsəneɪt/

## Meanings
1. to impersonate or play the part of another, sometimes fraudulently

## Examples
- He was charged with attempting to personate a registered voter.

## Synonyms
- impersonate
- portray
- represent
- enact
- play
- imitate
- masquerade

## Derived Forms
- personation
- personator

## Related Forms
- person
- personify
- personage
- impersonate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: persona

## Etymology
From Late Latin personatus ('masked, assumed'), from persona ('mask, character, person'), originally a theatrical mask; the verb sense develops from playing a role on stage.

## AI Etymology
Personate is from Late Latin personatus ('masked, assumed'), from persona ('mask, character, person'), originally a theatrical mask; the verb sense develops from playing a role on stage. Important recorded forms include persona (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers to impersonate or play the part of another, sometimes fraudulently. The wider family includes derived forms such as personation and personator and related words such as person, personify, personage, and impersonate.

## Topics
- Entertainment & Leisure
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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