personate
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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
It was seriously believed in Germany for about a century after his death that Frederick was still alive, and many impostors attempted to personate him.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
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
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
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