impersonate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
impersonate/ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt/
▶verb pretend to be (another person) for entertainment or fraud.
– derivatives
impersonation noun,
impersonator noun.
impersonation noun,
impersonator noun.
– origin C17 (in the sense ‘personify’): from in-2 + L. persona ‘person’, on the pattern of incorporate.
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