personate

Example Sentences

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By his counsel the god celebrated a sham marriage with a wooden image, dressed up to personate Plataea, daughter of Asopus.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

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

It was seriously believed in Germany for about a century after his death that Frederick was still alive, and many impostors attempted to personate him.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

Ah, before Liana it had rained without sunshine, when she to-day secretly went over merely into the Temple of Dream, in order only to personate a beloved being, but not to be one.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul

So it occurred to General Funston; “Why not personate the reinforcements called for, the American officers to command the expedition assuming the rôle of captured American prisoners?”

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.