personate

Example Sentences

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"Was this sent to you that you might personate the original?"

From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.

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

But that all-essential one—if we desire to secure the confidence of our contemporaries, and the respect of posterity—of an honest man, I fear he was never able to personate successfully.

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)

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

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