English-Thai Dictionary
personate
VT แสดง เป็นตัว ละคร sa-dang-pen-tua-la-kon
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PERSONATE
v.t.To represent by a fictitious or assumed character so as to pass for the person represented. 1. To represent by action or appearance; to assume the character and act the part of another.
2. To pretend hypocritically. [Little used. ]
3. To counterfeit; to feign; as a personated devotion.
4. To resemble.
The lofty cedar personates thee.
5. To make a representation of, as in picture.
6. To describe.
7. To celebrate loudly. [L. persono.] [Not used. ]
PERSONATE
a.[L. persona, a mask. ] Masked. A personate corol is irregular and closed by a kind of palate; or ringent, but closed between the lips by the palate.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PERSONATE
Per "son *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Personated; p. pr. & vb. n.Personating.] Etym: [L. personare to cry out, LL. , to extol. See Person. ]
Defn: To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs. ] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. Milton.
PERSONATE
Per "son *ate, v. t. Etym: [L. personatus masked, assumed, fictitious, fr. persona a mask. See Person. ]
1. To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion. Hammond.
2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [R.] "A personated mate. " Milton.
3. To personify; to typify; to describe. Shak.
PERSONATE
PERSONATE Per "son *ate, v. i.
Defn: To play or assume a character.
PERSONATE
Per "son *ate, a. Etym: [L. personatus masked. ] (Bot. )
Defn: Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.
New American Oxford Dictionary
personate
per son ate |ˈpərsəˌnāt ˈpərsəneɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal play the part of (a character in a drama ). • pretend to be (someone else ), esp. for fraudulent purposes, such as casting a vote in another person's name. DERIVATIVES per son a tion |ˌpərsəˈnāSHən |noun, per son a tor |-ˌnātər |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from late Latin personat- ‘represented by acting, ’ from Latin persona ‘mask ’ (see person ).
Oxford Dictionary
personate
per ¦son |ate |ˈpəːs (ə )neɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal play the part of (a character in a drama ). • pretend to be (someone else ), especially for fraudulent purposes such as casting a vote in another person's name. DERIVATIVES personation |-ˈneɪʃ (ə )n |noun, personator noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from late Latin personat- ‘represented by acting ’, from Latin persona ‘mask ’ (see person ).
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