Meaning

verb assume or act the character of

verb represent another person with comic intentions

verb pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English impersonate From im- + person…

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