| VERB | communication | personate, pose, impersonate | pretend to be someone you are not |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | personate, personify | attribute human qualities to something |
| Meaning | pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | pose, impersonate | |
| Narrower | masquerade | pretend to be someone or something that you are not |
| Broader | deceive, betray, lead astray | Cause someone to believe an untruth |
| Spanish | hacerse pasar por | |
| Nouns | personation | imitating the mannerisms of another person |
| personation | acting the part of a character on stage | |
| Meaning | Attribute human qualities to something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" | |
| Synonym | personify | |
| Broader | impute, ascribe, assign, attribute | Attribute or credit to |
| Spanish | personificar | |
| Catalan | personificar | |
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