personate
adjective
1. (botany) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.
verb
1. pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
Similar word(s): impersonate, pose
Definition categories: communication, betray, deceive
2. attribute human qualities to something
- The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
Similar word(s): personify
Definition categories: cognition, ascribe, assign, attribute, impute