personate

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He was, besides, a ventriloquist, and could thus personate and imitate any character or any voice he chose.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William

In the night he fled, accompanied by his wife and child, leaving the tribe in charge of his younger brother Sondaba, who agreed to personate him.

From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

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

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

Then, having consulted his watch, he took from his pocket-book a letter, addressed to the man he was about to personate, and refreshed his memory.

From The Duke Decides by Hill, Headon