personate
Example Sentences
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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.
Her selfe a while she layes aside, and makes Ready to personate a mortall part.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
"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
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