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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. assume or act the character of;
- Example: "She impersonates Madonna"
- Example: "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
[syn: impersonate, portray]

2. represent another person with comic intentions;

3. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions;
- Example: "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
[syn: pose, impersonate, personate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to
      personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.
      [1913 Webster]

            Benedict impersonated his age.        --Milman.
      Impersonation


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impersonate
    v 1: assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna";
         "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" [syn:
         impersonate, portray]
    2: represent another person with comic intentions
    3: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent
       intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: pose,
       impersonate, personate]