personate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
They did not always personate the same characters.
From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by Pittenger, William
Whether in these boxes full of beauties one amongst them is intended by Leech to personate Mr. Smith’s “dreadfully bored” young lady, I cannot say.
From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by Frith, William Powell
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
