- in OED
until mC18: 'Whatever
characters any... have for the
jestsake personated... are now
thrown off' (1749, Fielding, Tom Jones).
Pavis (1998, 47)....
- Look up
personate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Personation (rather than impersonation) is a
primarily legal term,
meaning "to ****ume the identity...
- Cromwell's providence, and lady
rampant of his
successful greatness,
which she
personated afterwards as
imperiously as himself". The
writer Lilburne[which?] implied...
- corporate, in
order to
protect and
defend the
rights of the
church (which he
personates) by a
perpetual succession. He is
sometimes called the rector, or governor...
- as to the
nature of the act, or, in the case of a
married woman, by
personating her husband, is
guilty of a crime,
which is
called rape." The
first Australian...
- any property; (c) with
intent to
cause disadvantage to the
person being personated or
another person; or (d) with
intent to
avoid arrest or
prosecution or...
- King's
Bench in
Westminster hall a
young woman in man's apparel, or that
personated a man, who was
found guilty of
marrying a
young maid,
whose portion he...
- also appeared, in
woodcut form, as a
political cartoon, with Mrs Caudle,
personated by Brougham,
disturbing by
untimely loquacity the
slumbers of the lord...
-
Springs Glorie, a 1638
court masque by
Thomas Nabbes, state, "Christmas is
personated by an old
reverend Gentleman in a furr'd gown and
cappe &c." Shrovetide...
-
representations as to the
nature of the act, or in the case of a
married woman, by
personating her husband,
commits the
felony termed rape."
Although the
Penal Code...
