Personate

глагол 1) играть роль Например: He personated the hero on the stage. — Он играл роль героя на сцене. 2) выдавать себя за кого-либо

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Personate

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) 1. a. impersonate, represent b. to assume without authority and with fraudulent intent (some character or capacity) 2. to invest with personality or personal characteristics Example: personating their gods ridiculous, and themselves past shame — John Miltonpersonation nounpersonative adjectivepersonator noun

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