Definition of "personating" []

• Present participle of personate. (verb)

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• "He laughed heartily at her affright, and extolled his own skill in personating a subtle ruffian; declaring he liked to have a touch at all trades, in case of accidents."
• "It was after the murder, too, that he conceived the idea of personating Ripaldi, and, having disfigured him beyond recognition, as he hoped, he had changed clothes and compartments."
• "St Fleuri was charmed with the idea of personating a wit; and readily promised her assistance in that character."