personate+a+character
51represent — Synonyms and related words: act a part, act between, act for, act out, affect, answer for, appear for, arbitrate, assert, back up, bargain, betoken, body forth, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to… …
52impersonate — (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 …
53act — I. v. n. 1. Work, move, carry anything into effect, execute a purpose, be in action, be active, be in process, keep going, energize. 2. Behave, conduct one s self, demean one s self, acquit one s self, deport one s self. 3. Operate, have… …
54personify — v 1. embody, incarnate, personate, illustrate, demonstrate, exemplify, image, mirror, reflect, simulate; make corporeal, give human qualities to, make human, imbue with character; breathe life into, give life to. 2.(all as a person) represent,… …
55portray — v 1. represent, picture, paint, sketch, draw, cartoon, caricature, illustrate, Archaic. character; delineate, Archaic. limn, trace, figure, contour, rub; diagram, map, chart, draft, block out. 2. play, pose as, characterize, personify, assume,… …
56represent — v 1. exemplify, stand for, symbolize; serve as an example of, be a sample or specimem of; illustrate, epitomize, embody, personify, typify; be a case or an instance of, give an idea of; be regarded as, be the equivalent of. 2. express, designate …
57impersonate — [v] pretend to be another act, act a part, act like, act out, ape, assume character, ditto*, do, do an impression of, double as, dress as, enact, fake, imitate, make like*, masquerade as, mimic, mirror, pass oneself off as*, perform, personate,… …
58represent — To appear in the character of; personate; to exhibit; to expose before the eyes. To represent a thing is to produce it publicly. To represent a person is to stand in his place; to speak or act with authority on behalf of such person; to supply… …
