Added 10 October 2026
personate
verb
Latin root: persōnātus Wiktionary
verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about personate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions.
She posed as the Czar's daughter
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Attribute human qualities to something.
The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
Origin
From Latin persōnātus.
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