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personative
Variant of personate
personate
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per·son·ate (pʉr′sə nāt′; for adj., -nit, -nāt′)
transitive verb personated -·at′ed, personating -·at′·ing
- 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
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
Related Forms:
- personation per′·sona′·tion noun
- personative per′·sona′·tive (-nāt′iv) adjective
- personator per′·sona′·tor noun
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