v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impersonated p. pr. & vb. n. Impersonating. ] 1. To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Benedict impersonated his age. Milman.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Personated p. pr. & vb. n. Personating ] [ L. personare to cry out, LL., to extol. See Person. ] To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In fable, hymn, or song so personating
Their gods ridiculous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. personatus masked, assumed, fictitious, fr. persona a mask. See Person. ] 1. To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; to impersonate{ 3 }; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [ R. ] “A personated mate.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To personify; to typify; to describe. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To play or assume a character. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. personatus masked. ] (Bot.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]