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Impersonate

To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being.

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Broader term 6

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Betray 76% connected

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed…

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Deceive 76% connected

To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mock 76% connected

To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Represent 76% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Manner of action 1

Masquerade 76% connected

An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

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Derivationally related 8

Enactment 74% connected

The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Enactment 74% connected

The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Imposture 74% connected

The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

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Imposture 74% connected

The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

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Personation 74% connected

The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.

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Personation 74% connected

The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.

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Synonym 3

Personate 92% connected

To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Portray 92% connected

To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pose 92% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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