Impersonate

Verb

 * 1)  To manifest in corporeal form, or in one's own person or body.
 * 2)  To pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of.
 * The conman managed to impersonate several executives.

Synonyms

 * embody
 * personate

Derived terms

 * impersonation
 * impersonator

Adverbs for Impersonate
inimitably; jocosely; vulgarly; lewdly; dexterously; shrewdly; artfully; histrionically; adequately; fancifully; phlegmatically.

Thesaurus
act, act a part, act as, act out, adumbrate, ape, body forth, copy, copycat, create a role, demonstrate, depict, discourse, do, embody, enact, exemplify, figure, foreshadow, hit off, hit off on, illustrate, image, incarnate, make false pretenses, masquerade as, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, pantomime, parrot, pass for, perform, personate, personify, play, play a part, play a role, play opposite, playact, portray, pose as, prefigure, pretend to be, pretypify, project, realize, reflect, represent, shadow, shadow forth, support, sustain a part, take a part, take off, take off on

Etymology
From im- + Latin persona ‘person’ + -ate, modelled on incorporate.

Translations

 * Finnish: esiintyä jonakin, esittää jotakuta
 * Russian: имперсонировать, выдавать себя за


 * Spanish:, , , hacerse (por)

Verb
impersonate


 * 1) second-person plural present tense of impersonare
 * 2) second-person plural imperative of impersonare
 * 3) feminine plural past participle of impersonare

Anagrams

 * presentiamo