personate
Example Sentences
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The two captives personate each other, and induce Hegio to send home Philocrates, who was a wealthy noble, and keep only the born slave.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
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
Two children are chosen for these dignitaries, while the others call out the names of such flowers, fruits, or vegetables as each may decide to personate.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
Corolla personate, the palate on the lower lip projecting, often closing the throat; upper lip erect.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Corolla personate, with the prominent palate often nearly closing the throat, spurred at base on the lower side.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
