Impersonating

Impersonating
Impersonate Im*per"son*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impersonated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impersonating}.] 1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being. [1913 Webster]

2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify. [1913 Webster]

3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. [1913 Webster]

Benedict impersonated his age. --Milman.


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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