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impersonate
(/I/m'p/[@]/rs/@/,n/eI/t )

verb (v)

  • assume or act the character of(verb.creation)
    Example:
    She impersonates Madonna.
    Synonym:
    portray
    source: wordnet30
  • represent another person with comic intentions(verb.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    personate, pose
    source: wordnet30
  • To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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