Definition of "personate" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.

2. (transitive) To portray a character (as in a play); to act.

3. (transitive) To attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify.

4. (transitive) To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.

adjective

1. (botany, now uncommon) Having the throat of a corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip (reminiscent of a mask), as in the flower of the snapdragon.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To celebrate loudly; to extol, to praise.