Verb: personate 'pur-su,neyt
- Pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
"The scammer personated a bank official";
- pose, impersonate
- Attribute human qualities to something
"The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous";
- personify
Derived forms: personated, personates, personating
Type of: ascribe, assign, attribute, betray, deceive, impute, lead astray