Dictionary entry

Impersonate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Im‐per″son‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Impersonated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Impersonating.] 1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify.

3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.

Benedict impersonated his age. Milman.