Personate

  • 121imitate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To follow the example of] Syn. emulate, follow suit, do likewise, take as a model; see follow 2 . 2. [To act like] Syn. mimic, impersonate, mirror, copy, mime, ape, parrot, parody, mock, simulate, duplicate, assume, repeat,… …

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  • 122Imitation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Imitation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 imitation imitation Sgm: N 1 copying copying &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 transcription transcription Sgm: N 1 repetition repetition duplication reduplication Sgm: N …

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  • 123impersonate — (v.) 1620s, to invest with a personality, from assimilated form of L. in into, in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + persona person. Sense of to assume the person or character of is first recorded 1715. Earlier in same sense was personate (1610s). Related …

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  • 124enact — v. a. 1. Ordain, decree, establish by law, pass into a law, give legislative sanction to. 2. Play, act, personate, represent, act the part of …

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  • 125hit off — Imitate, personate, mimic, take off …

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  • 126imitate — v. a. 1. Copy, follow, pattern after. 2. Mimic, ape, mock, personate, impersonate, take off. 3. Parody, travesty, burlesque, turn into burlesque …

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  • 127impersonate — v. a. 1. Personate, take or act the part of, act, enact, imitate, ape, mimic, mock, take off. 2. Incarnate, personify, invest with personality …

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  • 128represent — v. a. 1. Exhibit, show. 2. Delineate, depict, portray, set forth, describe, exhibit, give an account of, show. 3. Personate, take the part of, portray by action. 4. Stand for, stand in the place of. 5. Delineate, portray, reproduce, depict, image …

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