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personate | personage |

As a verb personate

is to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate.

As an adjective personate

is having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.

As a noun personage is

a famous or important person.

personate

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Verb

(personat)
  • to fraudulently portray another person; to impersonate
  • to portray a character (as in a play); to act
  • to attribute personal characteristics to something; to personify
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
  • * Milton
    • a personated mate
    Related terms
    * personation * personative * personator

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) .

    Verb

    (personat)
  • (obsolete) To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.
  • * Milton
    • In fable, hymn, or song so personating / Their gods ridiculous.

    Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs ----

    personage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A famous or important person.
  • * 1872 , , The Poet at the Breakfast-Table , page 230:
    • I can only say they have been in pretty close conversation several times of late, and, if I dared to think it of so very calm and dignified a personage , I should say that her color was a little heightened after one or more of these interviews.

    Usage notes

    * In modern use, the noun personage is typically used with a partially redundant adjective, such as "notable" or "great"; as such, it may fairly be said to mean simply "person".