personate
verb (used with object)
to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
is personating
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present progressiveof personate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It strikes me—it is the only solution I can come to—that some one is personating Frederick Massingbird for the purpose of a mischievous joke—though how they get up the resemblance is another thing.
From Verner's Pride by Mrs. Henry Wood
That the person who was on a visit to the Villa Dardonville was not Monsieur De Hauteroche; but, as I have reason to believe, a noted sportsman, or rather swindler, who is personating him.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
At another time, she stands by while Nugent is personating me to you, and never interferes to stop it.
From Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
We can suggest that somebody is personating the real king.
From The Weight of the Crown by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
The other is personating you at the office.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
