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/ɪmpˈɜːsənˌeɪt/
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[ US /ˌɪmˈpɝsəˌneɪt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpɝsəˌneɪt/ ]
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pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
She posed as the Czar's daughter -
assume or act the character of
The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man
She impersonates Madonna - represent another person with comic intentions
How To Use impersonate In A Sentence
- Solomon himself impersonated the phallic god Baal-Rimmon, "Lord of the Pomegranate," when he was united with his divine bride, the mysterious Shulamite, and drank the juice of her pomegranate Song of Solomon 8:2. Archive 2008-03-01
- impersonated" the national team for fixtures in Asia. The Guardian World News
- The problem is, yes, I know Frank Langella wasn't trying to "impersonate" Nixon, but come-on, couldn't they have at least tried to hire someone who resembled him, just a LITTLE bit? EclipseMagazine
- One of the things I wanted to impersonate was a preppy.
- He is not the only actor to impersonate a butler in the Wodehouse canon.
- Mr. Yorio has never actually had to turn away a crasher trying to impersonate Ms. Wintour, the famously intimidating editor of Vogue. The Man Who Catches Fashion-Show Crashers
- He is an outstanding imitator and can impersonate all the well - known politicians.
- In Agamemnon, there can be but little doubt that the protagonist impersonated only Clytemnestra, leaving the deuteragonist the briefer parts of the Herald, Cassandra, and Ægisthus, and to the tritagonist the Watchman and Agamemnon.
- Do you know it is a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer?
- In Agamemnon, there can be but little doubt that the protagonist impersonated only Clytemnestra, leaving the deuteragonist the briefer parts of the Herald, Cassandra, and Ægisthus, and to the tritagonist the Watchman and Agamemnon.
