personate

(adjective, verb)

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