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Impersonate

//ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive. transitive

    "The conman managed to impersonate several executives."

  2. 2
    pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions wordnet
  3. 3
    To operate with the permissions of a different user account. transitive
  4. 4
    represent another person with comic intentions wordnet
  5. 5
    To manifest in corporeal form; to personify. obsolete, transitive

    "The shepherds were impersonated, then the Magi, finally Herod himself. In course of time all the elements of a fully developed Nativity play had thus been introduced."

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  1. 6
    assume or act the character of wordnet

Etymology

From im- + person (verb-forming suffix) + -ate.

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