personate
Example Sentences
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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
Anybody who could pretend for a moment to suppose that Mr. Eglinton by "making up" could personate "Abdullah" must be a fool.
From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence
"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
The two captives personate each other, and induce Hegio to send home Philocrates, who was a wealthy noble, and keep only the born slave.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
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.
