English-Thai Dictionary

impersonate

VT เลียนแบบ  แกล้งทำ เป็น  ปลอม เป็น  imitate mimic lian-beab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPERSONATE

v.t.To personify.

 

IMPERSONATED

a.Made persons of. [See Personate. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPERSONATE

Im *per "son *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impersonated; p. pr. & vb. n.Impersonating.]

 

1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

 

2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.

 

3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. Benedict impersonated his age. Milman.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impersonate

im per son ate |imˈpərsəˌnāt ɪmˈpərsnˌeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] pretend to be (another person ) as entertainment or in order to deceive someone: it's a very serious offense to impersonate a police officer. DERIVATIVES im per son a tor |-ˌnātər |noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘personify ’): from in- 2 ‘into ’ + Latin persona ‘person, ’ on the pattern of incorporate .

 

Oxford Dictionary

impersonate

im |per ¦son |ate |ɪmˈpəːs (ə )neɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] pretend to be (another person ) for entertainment or fraud: it's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer. DERIVATIVES impersonator noun ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘personify ’): from in- 2 ‘into ’ + Latin persona ‘person ’, on the pattern of incorporate .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impersonate

impersonate verb impersonating the boss during a meeting was not your smartest move: imitate, mimic, do an impression of, ape, copy, parrot; parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, satirize, lampoon; masquerade as, pose as, pass oneself off as; informal take off, send up, make like; formal personate. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See imitate . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impersonate

impersonate verb she tried to impersonate her boss: imitate, mimic, do an impression of, ape; parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, mock, satirize, lampoon; masquerade as, pose as, pass oneself off as, profess to be, purport to be, represent oneself as; informal take off, do, spoof, send up; N. Amer. informal make like; archaic monkey; rare personate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impersonate

im per son ate /ɪmpə́ː r sənèɪt /動詞 他動詞 1 … (の声 表情 動作など )をまねる ; (偽って )…のふりをする .2 …の役を演じる, …に扮 （ふん ）する .3 ｟まれ ｠…を体現 [具現 ]する .形容詞 /ɪmpə́ː r sənət /体現 [具現 ]された .