Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Personate \Per"son*ate\, 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.]

         In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods
         ridiculous.                              --Milton.