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personate

[pur-suh-neyt] / ˈpɜr səˌneɪt /
VERB
act
Synonyms
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enact perform play portray
STRONG
burlesque characterize dramatize emote feign ham impersonate mime mimic mug parody personify pretend rehearse represent simulate star stooge strut
WEAK
be on bring down the house do a turn go on go over ham it up lay an egg make debut play act play gig play part play role put it over say one's piece take part tread the boards
Antonyms
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direct fail prevent stop
WEAK
abstain cease discontinue give up halt hesitate idle refrain
VERB
do
Synonyms
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appear bear carry conduct give go on manage operate perform play present produce quit
STRONG
comport demean deport discourse enact fare impersonate playact portray seem
WEAK
acquit oneself come on like get along get by make out muddle through put on render the role stagger along
Antonyms
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direct fail halt refrain stop take withhold
WEAK
defer destroy idle lose miss neglect put off
VERB
enact
Synonyms
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achieve execute
STRONG
depict discourse do perform play playact portray represent
WEAK
appear as go on play the part of
Antonyms
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fail miss
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direct
WEAK
hinder prevent refuse repeal stop veto
VERB
imitate
Synonyms
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act like ape assume duplicate echo emulate impersonate mimic mirror mock pretend replicate reproduce resemble simulate
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Xerox affect borrow burlesque caricature clone copy counterfeit ditto falsify feign follow forge match mime parallel parody reduplicate reflect repeat sham spoof travesty
WEAK
be like carbon do like do likewise follow in footsteps follow suit look like model after pattern after play a part put on send up take off
Antonyms
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differ tell the truth
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disregard
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be original clash oppose reverse
VERB
impersonate
Synonyms
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act like imitate masquerade as mimic portray pose as
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act ape ditto do enact fake mirror perform play playact represent
WEAK
act a part act out assume character do an impression of double as dress as make like pass oneself off as play a role put on an act take the part of
Antonyms
STRONG
direct fail halt idle prevent stop
WEAK
be original differ oppose reverse
VERB
mimic
Synonyms
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ape look like mirror resemble simulate
STRONG
act burlesque caricature copy copycat ditto do echo enact fake impersonate mime pantomime parody parrot perform play ridicule sham travesty
WEAK
do like go like make believe make fun of make like take off
Antonyms
STRONG
be original direct fail halt idle prevent stop
VERB
perform
Synonyms
STRONGEST
display execute give go on offer play present produce represent show stage
STRONG
discourse dramatize emote enact exhibit ham impersonate playact render
WEAK
act out appear as be on bring down the house do a number do a turn ham it up put on tread the boards
Antonyms
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abandon conceal deny hide refrain refuse take withhold
STRONG
fail
WEAK
direct halt prevent stop
VERB
play
Synonyms
STRONGEST
do perform portray present
STRONG
discourse enact execute ham impersonate playact represent
WEAK
act the part of ham it up lay an egg play a gig read a part take the role of tread the boards
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fail
WEAK
direct listen watch work
VERB
play-act
Synonyms
WEAK
be on bring down the house burlesque characterize do do a turn dramatize emote enact feign go on go over ham ham it up impersonate lay an egg make debut mime mimic mug parody perform personify play play gig play part play role portray pretend put it over rehearse represent say one's piece simulate star stooge strut take part tread the boards

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An indescribable fear overpowered the countess--but it now seemed to her as if she did not dread the man whom she expected to see, but Him he was to personate.

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

They were allowed to choose their own diversion, and they fixed that their father and the Grand Duchess should appear as Oberon and Titania, and that every guest should personate some fairy character.

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Morgan, Louisa

He personate bad Envy; yet say so, He lickt at Homer's mouth, not from below.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Her selfe a while she layes aside, and makes Ready to personate a mortall part.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Ah, before Liana it had rained without sunshine, when she to-day secretly went over merely into the Temple of Dream, in order only to personate a beloved being, but not to be one.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul