Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Personate \Per"son*ate\, v. i.
   To play or assume a character.

Personate \Per"son*ate\, 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.

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.

Personate \Per"son*ate\, 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; hence, to counterfeit; to
      feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated
      devotion. --Hammond.

   2. To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask.
      [R.] ``A personated mate.'' --Milton.

   3. To personify; to typify; to describe. --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

personate
     v 1: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent
          intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: {pose},
           {impersonate}]
     2: attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks
        personated their gods ridiculous" [syn: {personify}]