personate
verb (used with object)
to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
personating
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present participleof personate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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I was told by the man I was personating in these rooms that the whole plot was known.
From Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson
Which, if I mistake not, is the streatest Curse can fall on you——Well, you must suffer a small Metamorphosis: What think you of personating me a little?
From The Perjur'd Husband by Susanna Centlivre
Anastasia was again personating Mary, the countess instantly recognized her pure, clear tones, and the meeting in the fields ten years before came back to her mind--not without a throb of jealous emotion.
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Wilhelmine von Hillern
"We've got one of our best men there this minute, personating Carl Pforzheim."
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
And can I not do it by personating Phakir Chand himself, who is expected by his mother shortly?
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
