personate
Example Sentences
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But to imagine he could personate the brave St. Udo!
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie
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)
Keep near me, and follow me to the dressing-rooms; by-and-by we will exchange costumes there, after which, you will personate me.”
From Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives by Lynch, Lawrence L.
"Was this sent to you that you might personate the original?"
From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.
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.
