- Look up
personate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Personation (rather than impersonation) is a
primarily legal term,
meaning "to ****ume the identity...
- in OED
until mC18: 'Whatever
characters any... have for the
jestsake personated... are now
thrown off' (1749, Fielding, Tom Jones).
Pavis (1998, 47)....
- has been
extorted by
threats or fear of
bodily harm, or
obtained by
personating the woman’s husband, or by
false and
fraudulent representations as to...
- Cromwell's providence, and lady
rampant of his
successful greatness,
which she
personated afterwards as
imperiously as himself". The
writer Lilburne[which?] implied...
-
particularly the New
World group (Saerorhinum). The
genus is
characterized by
personate flowers with an
inferior gibbous corolla.[clarification needed] Antirrhinum...
- 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...
-
Magical Quest, a
trilogy by Capcom, Pete is the
final boss of each game,
personating a
distinct ruler (Emperor,
Baron and King). He
serves as an evil ruler...
- 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...
- ****ociated, by Shakespeare, to the
Kairos figure,
related to rhetorics,
personating the
opportune moment to
present the
convincing argument in a speech....
- Opus Dei, the
Neocatechumenal Way or the
Legion of Christ,
especially personated through important politicians in the right-wing People's Party, has increased...
