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personation
Variant of personate
transitive verb personated, personating
- to act or play the part of, as in a drama or masquerade; portray
- to personify
- Law to assume the character or identity of with intent to defraud; impersonate
adjective
Bot. having two lips and a projection in its throat: said of a tubular corolla, as in the snapdragon
Related Forms:
- personation noun
- personative adjective
- personator noun
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