Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of personating, or of counterfeiting the person or character of another; impersonation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK The act of voting in an election by
impersonating someone else.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun imitating the mannerisms of another person
- noun acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
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Examples
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'personation' -- it was a mask and a sounding-pipe.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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More vote-rigging using dodgy postal ballots and personation at the polling booths?
Labour votes in marginals collapsing Not a sheep 2009
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One contemporary observer gives this account of Wallack's performance as Victor Frankenstein: Mr. Wallack's personation of the agonised student, whose fatal curiosity, and still more fatal success, was sustained with great feeling and talent.
Cast and Characters 2008
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The corrupt and illegal practices prevention act, 1883, annotated and explained: Notes of judicial decisions in cases of bribery, treating undue influence, personation, etc by H.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: U.S. Telecom Firm Pays $3 Million in Fines Over China Business 2010
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The corrupt and illegal practices prevention act, 1883, annotated and explained: Notes of judicial decisions in cases of bribery, treating undue influence, personation, etc by H.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Jury Convicts Former Congressman Jefferson of Bribery 2009
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The corrupt and illegal practices prevention act, 1883, annotated and explained: Notes of judicial decisions in cases of bribery, treating undue influence, personation, etc by H.
Jersey City Dreaming: Bullets, Bribes, and Unreal Real Estate 2009
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The corrupt and illegal practices prevention act, 1883, annotated and explained: Notes of judicial decisions in cases of bribery, treating undue influence, personation, etc by H.
Gagged FBI Translator Claims Evidence of U.S. Reps Bribery 2009
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The corrupt and illegal practices prevention act, 1883, annotated and explained: Notes of judicial decisions in cases of bribery, treating undue influence, personation, etc by H.
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The corrupt and illegal practices prevention act, 1883, annotated and explained: Notes of judicial decisions in cases of bribery, treating undue influence, personation, etc by H.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: U.S. Army captain linked to bribes in Iraq 2009
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The corrupt and illegal practices prevention act, 1883, annotated and explained: Notes of judicial decisions in cases of bribery, treating undue influence, personation, etc by H.
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