impersonate

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English

Etymology

From im- +‎ person +‎ -ate. Compare incorporate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt/
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Verb

impersonate (third-person singular simple present impersonates, present participle impersonating, simple past and past participle impersonated)

  1. (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.
    Synonym: personate
    The conman managed to impersonate several executives.
    Evil can and will always impersonate goodness.
  2. (transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
    Synonyms: embody, impersonize
    • 1918, Paul Studer, Le mystère d'Adam, an Anglo-Norman drama of the twelfth century‎:
      The shepherds were impersonated, then the Magi, finally Herod himself. In course of time all the elements of a fully developed Nativity play had thus been introduced.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

impersonate

  1. inflection of impersonare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

impersonate f pl

  1. feminine plural of impersonato

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