personate
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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.
His own affection for Hallam seems to personate the object of his attachment, and “sees himself in all he sees.”
From A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.
The cast of parts has unluckily not been preserved, but it is sufficient for us to know that the lower boys were put into requisition to personate the mutes.
He would never have got me to personate him even for a couple of hours.
From By Right of Sword by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
Children delight to personate animals; and a fine genius could not better employ itself than in inventing a great many more plays, setting them to rhythmical words, describing what is to be done.
From Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mann, Mary E.
“Everett Quinton personates the oinker as a most sympathetic fellow,” Don Nelsen wrote in a review in The Daily News.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
The characteristic scrolls about the eyes of the figure show that it personates tlaloc, or earth-wine.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
To the point, hee oft personates a rover, and therein comes neerest to himselfe.
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John
The young lady who personates the flower girl is to stand in the centre of the shield, holding in front of her a basket of flowers.
From Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants by Head, James H.
Maya is an Indian deity, and personates the “power of creation.”
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
The real Garlinghouse reported this to Instagram, which took a look ... and then 72 hours later, informed him that after investigating the company had determined that he was not actually being personated.
From The Verge ● Apr. 22, 2020
Dr. Trefusis personated a violinist, sawing upon the air.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
This scoundrel, who has so successfully personated his victim, the late Launcelot Trevanion, is the husband of one Catharine Lawless, through whose information his villainy has been frustrated.
From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf
He espoused the cause of an impostor who personated the deposed khalifa, Hisham, and pretended to govern the city in his name.
From Southern Spain by Calvert, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
“Oh, you have outwitted me,” he said bitterly, “but you will never be able to prove it was not Warburton who personated the Sailor that night.”
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.
Is this professed pensioner personating a man who is dead?
From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir
Anastasia was again personating Mary, the countess instantly recognized her pure, clear tones, and the meeting in the fields ten years before came back to her mind--not without a throb of jealous emotion.
From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
These are wicked Grecian spirits who are personating their gods and goddesses, their heroes and heroines.
From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry
The first example of the abbreviated ballet skirt, reaching to the knee, is given in the portrait of an actress personating Le Zephyr, about the middle of the 18th century.
From The Evolution of Fashion by Gardiner, Florence Mary
Mr. Follingsbee, also in costume, will join you, and together you will attend an up-town masquerade, you personating Mrs. Follingsbee, who will remain at home.”
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.
