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impersonate

[ verb im-pur-suh-neyt; adjective im-pur-suh-nit ]

verb (used with object)

, im·per·son·at·ed, im·per·son·at·ing.
  1. to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be:

    He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.

  2. to mimic the voice, mannerisms, etc., of (a person) in order to entertain.
  3. to act or play the part of; personate.
  4. Archaic. to represent in personal or bodily form; personify; typify.


adjective

, Archaic or Literary.
  1. embodied in a person; invested with personality.

impersonate

/ ɪmˈpɜːsəˌneɪt /

verb

  1. to pretend to be (another person)
  2. to imitate the character, mannerisms, etc, of (another person)
  3. rare.
    to play the part or character of
  4. an archaic word for personify
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • imˌpersonˈation, noun
  • imˈpersonˌator, noun
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Other Words From

  • im·per·son·a·tion [im-pur-s, uh, -, ney, -sh, uh, n], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of impersonate1

First recorded in 1615–25; im- 1 + person + -ate 1
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Example Sentences

In it, Talos is impersonating Fury on Earth and doing him a favor while the real Fury is up in space, at the Skrull base, taking a much-needed post-Endgame vacation.

From Vox

The hackers made a point of undermining trust in targeted networks, stealing identities, and gaining the ability to impersonate or create seemingly legitimate users in order to freely access victims’ Microsoft 365 and Azure accounts.

They also blogged about the inner workings of software vulnerabilities, sometimes impersonating legitimate cybersecurity experts in “guest” author posts.

From Fortune

At least seven of those arrests involved illegal firearms, and one was of a person who reportedly impersonated a police officer at a checkpoint near the Capitol.

He regularly impersonates and pokes fun at the current president, Adama Barrow, who defeated Jammeh in 2016, and his political opponents.

From Ozy

The truth is that anyone in the world could impersonate me, and there is little I can do about it.

A lonely young woman gets drawn into an online forum and is asked to impersonate someone else.

But how often does someone impersonate a voter or cast multiple ballots?

Say one thing for former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, he certainly has the right hair to impersonate Elvis.

Con artists routinely hack into accounts to impersonate people and bilk money from strangers.

Thus did Dante impersonate the worship of Venus Urania,--spiritual tenderness overcoming sensual desire.

It is impossible that all the children should sympathetically impersonate the same character and realize the same experience.

Travis, look around this room and see if you can identify the man that hired you to impersonate Herbert Whitmore!

She could impersonate Gypsy Nan; she could not, if she would, impersonate the woman who was dead!

At one moment she might be trying to impersonate Ajax defying the lightning; in the next she is apparently fleeing from a satyr.

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