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PER'SONATE, v.t. To represent by a fictitious or assumed character so as to pass for the person represented.
PER'SONATE, a. [L. persona, a mask.] Masked. A personate corol is irregular and closed by a kind of palate; or ringent, but closed between the lips by the palate.
To celebrate loudly] to extol;
to praise.
[Obs.]
In fable, hymn, or song so personating To assume the character of; to
represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to
counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a
personated devotion.
Hammond. To set forth in an unreal character; to
disguise; to mask.
[R.] "A personated mate."
Milton. To personify; to typify; to describe.
Shak. To play or
assume a character.
Having the throat of a
bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the
lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.
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