personate
Example Sentences
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"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
In the night he fled, accompanied by his wife and child, leaving the tribe in charge of his younger brother Sondaba, who agreed to personate him.
From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
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.
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
O, that she should have so much as ventured to personate either before him!
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
