personate

"Thomas Rendner will personate the Christ well--there is no danger on that score."

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

But to imagine he could personate the brave St. Udo!

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie

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.

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

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.

“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

This done, they perform a nuptial ceremony, and make her further believe that she is married to the god; when, in reality, she is only married to one of the Fakiers who personates him.

From Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World by Anonymous

In this case the hen and chickens make a procession in front of a player who personates an old weeping woman.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

That shadowy body, now reduced to four members, personates the ghost of the European concert.

From The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 by Various

It resembled that of the stage where the same actor personates both Dromios; and their life was one perpetual Comedy of Errors.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

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

Drawn faithfully, and personated by Mr. James Lewis, the dramatized interviewer would be a wealth of pleasure.

From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various

Sometimes they personated characters in Homer or in ancient Greek history, and delivered speeches which those characters might have delivered in certain conjunctures of their lives.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

An exceedingly amiable and highly intellectual gentleman is the hero of this piece; a part personated by a M. Lockroi with a degree of ability deserving a worthier employment.

From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton

Amongst our number was the celebrated Miss Clara Fisher—famed for her aptitude in personating variety of character, having wonderful powers of mimicry.

From Notes on a Tour Through the Western part of The State of New York by Anonymous

We hear Selim’s voice first, as we pay him this attention for personating the hero of this veracious romance.

From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)

Which, if I mistake not, is the streatest Curse can fall on you——Well, you must suffer a small Metamorphosis: What think you of personating me a little?

From The Perjur'd Husband by Centlivre, Susanna

There he had a long talk with a fellow who seemed to be personating a bricklayer.

From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.

I tried to interpret for myself, within certain well-defined limits, according to my personal conception of the characters I was personating.

From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise