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  • 41Impersonating — Impersonate Im*per son*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impersonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impersonating}.] 1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being. [1913 Webster] 2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 42Represent — Rep re*sent (r?p r? z?nt ), v. t. [F. repr[ e]senter, L. repraesentare, repraesentatum; pref. re re + preesentare to place before, present. See {Present}, v. t.] 1. To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place… …

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  • 43impersonate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Date: 1715 to assume or act the character of ; personate • impersonation noun • impersonator noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 44impersonate — impersonation, n. v. /im perr seuh nayt /; adj. /im perr seuh nit, nayt /, v., impersonated, impersonating, adj. v.t. 1. to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer. 2. to mimic the… …

    Universalium

  • 45personify — personifiable, adj. personifiant, adj. personifier, n. /peuhr son euh fuy /, v.t., personified, personifying. 1. to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing. 2. to represent (a thing… …

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  • 46impersonate — im·per·son·ate /im pər sə ˌnāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to assume (another s or a fictitious identity) without authority and with fraudulent intent impersonate a police officer impersonated a public servant by saying he was from the water department… …

    Law dictionary

  • 47pose — I (impersonate) verb act as, act the part of, ape, assume the character of, assume the role of, copy, counterfeit, double for, emulate, imitate, masquerade as, mimic, mock, model oneself after, parody, pass for, personate, play a part, portray,… …

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  • 48depict — Synonyms and related words: act a part, act out, bring to life, cartoon, catch a likeness, chalk, character, characterize, charcoal, chart, color, copy, crayon, create a role, crosshatch, dash off, daub, delineate, describe, design, diagram,… …

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  • 49figure — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelian sorites, Establishment, Goclenian sorites, Platonic body, Platonic form, Platonic idea, VIP, accept, acclaim, acknowledge, act, acute angled triangle, add, adornment, adumbrate, advert to, aesthetic form,… …

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  • 50portray — Synonyms and related words: act a part, act out, bring to life, cartoon, catch a likeness, chalk, character, characterize, charcoal, chart, color, copy, crayon, create a role, crosshatch, dash off, daub, delineate, depict, describe, design,… …

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