personate
verb (used with object)
to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
has personated
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present perfectof personate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For the last eight days he has been clad in iron from top to toe, and has personated the marsk's confidential swain, Mat Jute.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
I ask you in plain words," she went on, "do you acknowledge that you have been deceived by an adventuress who has personated me?
From The New Magdalen by Wilkie Collins
She expressed her pleasure in acting the part of Sappho, and then spoke of Schiller's "Maria Stuart," which character she has personated in a French version of that play.
From True Story of My Life by Mary (Mary Botham) Howitt
"Mr. Kaffar says he can guess who the person is who has personated this ghost," she said; "I think it fair to every guest that he should speak out."
From Weapons of Mystery by Joseph Hocking
