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dispersonate, v.|dɪsˈpɜːsəneɪt| [f. dis- 6 + L. persōna mask, person + -ate3.] †1. trans. To divest of an assumed character, to unmask. Obs.
1624Bolton Nero 233 To behold any person, according to the truth of his qualities, distinctly, and dispersonated. 2. To divest of one's personality.
1702S. Parker tr. Cicero's De Finibus 304 'Till a Man has got a way of Dispersonating himself, he cannot avoid hankering after those Things which will turn to Advantage and good account. 1827–38Hare Guesses (1859) 96 We multiply, we dispersonate ourselves: we turn ourselves outside in. We are ready to become he, she, it, they, anything rather than I. |