personate
Example Sentences
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"He is bold enough," said Gaspard, in a whisper to Albano, "because, as I hear, he is really to personate himself; but when he sees himself so, he is surely better than he sees himself."
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
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 had as a friend a man who resembled him very closely, and he offered this friend a sum of money if he would go to Melbourne and personate him.
From The Everlasting Arms by Hocking, Joseph
I forgot myself, and told her that Johnny had hired a man to personate a parson, and that she was not married at all.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.
O, that she should have so much as ventured to personate either before him!
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
