PER'SONATE, v.t. To represent by a fictitious or assumed character so as to pass for the person represented. 1. To represent by action or appearance; to assume the character and act the part of another.2. To pretend hypocritically. [Little used.]3. To counterfeit; to feign; as a personated devotion.4. To resemble. The lofty cedar personates thee.5. To make a representation of, as in picture.6. To describe.7. To celebrate loudly. [L. persono.] [Not used.]PER'SONATE, a. [L. persona, a mask.] Masked. A personate corol is irregular and closed by a kind of palate; or ringent, but closed between the lips by the palate.
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