personate
verb (used with object)
to act or portray (a character in a play, a part, etc.).
will personate
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future tenseof personate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Frequently one of these men will personate half a dozen different characters.
From The Secrets of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe
The proudest man will personate humility, the morosest learn to flatter, the laziest will be sedulous and active, where he is in pursuit of what he has much at heart.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 by Jonathan Swift
At Zaandam, we three will separate, Jermyn will personate me, remaining in Zaandam.
From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by John Masefield
"Thomas Rendner will personate the Christ well--there is no danger on that score."
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Wilhelmine von Hillern
Blue, white and rosy scarfs for as many dancers as will personate the three Flowers that respond to the call: Violets, Wild-roses and Daisies.
From Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs by Alice C. (Alice Cunningham) Fletcher
