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personation|pɜːsəˈneɪʃən|
[n. of action from personate v.]
The action of personating.
1. The action of assuming the person of another, or of passing oneself off as some one else (usually for fraudulent purposes).
1622Bacon Hen. VII 113 One of the strangest Examples of a Personation, that euer was in Elder or Later Times. 1856Dickens Let. to W. Collins 13 July, The admirable personation of the girl's identity.
2. The dramatic representation of a character.
1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. ii. (1698) 119 Men will not be..consider'd by the Height of their Character, but for the Decency of Personation. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 542 He [Shakespeare] was fortunate in the personation of his characters.
3. concr. A person or thing that represents some other, dramatically or in the way of pretence.
1851Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi W. i. 47 'Tis easier to gaze long On personations, masks and effigies, Than to see live weak creatures crushed by strong.
4. Representation or embodiment of some quality, etc. in a person; the person as embodying such quality, etc.; impersonation.
1837Dickens Pickw. v, Mr. Pickwick was the very personation of kindness and humanity. 1853Lytton My Novel x. xxv, A very personation of the beauty and magnificence of careless, luxurious, pampered, egotistical wealth.
5. attrib., as personation agent, an agent employed by a candidate at an election to detect attempted personation of voters.
1885Times (weekly ed.) 18 Dec. 10/4 Personation agents for the Nationalist Candidates. 1886Pall Mall G. 15 July 2/1 Had I been a personation agent I should most certainly have protested against every alternate voter. |