PER'SONATE, verb transitive 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. [Latin persono.] [Not used.] PER'SONATE, adjective [Latin 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.
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