personate

vt. 扮演, 伪装, 假冒, 拟人化
a. 假装的, 伪态的, 假面状的
【法】 假扮, 假装, 冒充

形容词:personative 动词过去式:personated 过去分词:personated 现在分词:personating 第三人称单数:personates 名词:per-sonation 

personate

v.tr.（及物动词）
per.son.at.ed,per.son.at.ing,per.son.ates
To play the role or portray the part of (a character); impersonate.
饰演，扮演：表演角色或扮演…的角色（人物）；假扮
To endow with personal qualities; personify.
赋予人的性格，拟人化
Law To assume the identity of, with intent to deceive.
【法律】 假冒，冒充：为了欺骗而假冒身份

来源：
Late Latin persôn3re persôn3t- [to bear the character of, represent]
后期拉丁语 persôn3re persôn3t- [使…带有个性，代表]
from Latin persôna [person] * see person
源自 拉丁语 persôna [人，人物，人格] *参见 person

【引伸】
per.sona.tion
n.（名词）
per.sona.tive
adj.（形容词）
per.sona.tor
n.（名词）

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adj.Botany （形容词）【植物学】
Having two lips, with the throat closed by a prominent palate. Used of a corolla, such as that of the snapdragon.
假面状的：有两片唇状物，其入口处被一突出的萼包裹着的。用于形容花冠，如金鱼草的花冠

来源：
Latin persôn3tus [masked]
拉丁语 persôn3tus [戴面具的]
from persôna [mask] * see person
源自 persôna [面具] *参见 person