personate
verb (used with object)
to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
had personated
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past perfectof personate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The story of how Jim Hooker had personated him stopped short upon Clarence's lips.
From A Waif of the Plains by Bret Harte
He was hurt at this, particularly as he did not think the revelation that he had personated Cyril accounted for everything.
From Prescott of Saskatchewan by W. Herbert Dunton
It was evident he knew that somebody had personated him, and the fact sent a little thrill through the corporal; he was at least on the trail.
From Winston of the Prairie by W. Herbert Dunton
He thought of the mistake that he had committed on the day that Harriet had personated her unwillingly, and blushed for the error of the act.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Frederick William Robinson
She told a tiresome story about her having been robbed of her papers and her name by an impostor who had personated her.
From The New Magdalen by Wilkie Collins
