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verb (used with object)
1.
to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
2.
to mimic the voice, mannerisms, etc., of (a person) in order to entertain.
3.
to act or play the part of; personate.
4.
Archaic. to represent in personal or bodily form; personify; typify.
adjective
5.
embodied in a person; invested with personality.
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Impersonating
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Word Origin & History
impersonate
1624, "to invest with a personality," from L. in- "in" + persona "person." Sense of "to assume the person or character of" is first recorded 1715. Impersonator in this sense is from 1853.
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