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impersonate
[im-pur-suh-neyt, im-pur-suh-nit]
verb (used with object)
to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be.
He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
to mimic the voice, mannerisms, etc., of (a person) in order to entertain.
to act or play the part of; personate.
Archaic.to represent in personal or bodily form; personify; typify.
adjective
embodied in a person; invested with personality.
impersonate
/ ɪˈɜːəˌԱɪ /
verb
to pretend to be (another person)
to imitate the character, mannerisms, etc, of (another person)
rareto play the part or character of
an archaic word for personify
Other Word Forms
- impersonation noun
- ˌDzˈپDz noun
- ˈDzˌٴǰ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of impersonate1
Example Sentences
A shelter-in-place order remains in effect Saturday morning in Brooklyn Park, a northern suburb of Minneapolis, after two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses were shot by a suspect impersonating a police officer, officials said.
Mayor Lindstrom said on X that he had heard the suspect was someone impersonating an "officer and they haven't been caught".
The co-conspirators who contacted the victims worked overseas, impersonating government officials, law enforcement and customer support services.
Worries about AI stretch back nearly a hundred years to the film Metropolis, in which a robot impersonates a real woman.
Things like shoplifting, skipping traffic by impersonating law enforcement and shooting out one’s bottom dentures like a cash-register drawer.
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