personative

Variant of personate

personate definition

per·son·ate (pʉr′sə nāt′; for adj., -nit, -nāt′)

transitive verb personated -·at′ed, personating -·at′·ing

  1. to act or play the part of, as in a drama or masquerade; portray
  2. to personify
  3. Law to assume the character or identity of with intent to defraud; impersonate

Etymology: < L personatus, masked < persona: see person

adjective

Bot. having two lips and a projection in its throat: said of a tubular corolla, as in the snapdragon

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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