personate
Example Sentences
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He had as a friend a man who resembled him very closely, and he offered this friend a sum of money if he would go to Melbourne and personate him.
From The Everlasting Arms by Hocking, Joseph
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.
Two children are chosen for these dignitaries, while the others call out the names of such flowers, fruits, or vegetables as each may decide to personate.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
The two captives personate each other, and induce Hegio to send home Philocrates, who was a wealthy noble, and keep only the born slave.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
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
