What is the meaning of personate?

verb

  • Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions.
    • usage: "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
  • Attribute human qualities to something.
    • usage: "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
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