Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PER'SON-ATE, v.t.

1. To represent by a fictitious or assumed character so as to pass for the person represented. – Bacon.
2. To represent by action or appearance; to assume the character and act the part of another.
3. To pretend hypocritically. [Little used.] – Swift.
4. To counterfeit; to feign; as, a personated devotion. – Hammond.
5. To resemble. The lofty cedar personates thee. – Shak.
6. To make a representation of as in picture. [Obs.] – Shak.
7. To describe. [Obs. Shak.]
8. To celebrate loudly. [L. persono.] [Not used.] – Milton.