impersonatev.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpəːsəneɪt/,

/ɪmˈpəːsn̩eɪt/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpərsnˌeɪt/

Forms:

α. 1600s– impersonate.

β. 1700s– empersonate (now rare).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix¹, personate v.

Etymology: < im- prefix¹ + personate v., perhaps after incorporate v. Compare earlier impersonation n.Compare post-classical Latin impersonare to induct or institute (from 12th cent. in British sources), (in grammar) to make impersonal (13th cent. in a British source). With the β. forms compare em- prefix.

a. To represent or imagine (an immaterial thing or abstract quality) as a person or being; to attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to; to personify (personify v. 1). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)] > embody > in a person

impersonate1609

impersonate1631

impersonify1787

impersonize1804

1609 [implied in: H. Wotton Let. (modernized text) 22 June in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 458 The impersonating of his device in a blackamoor. (at impersonating n.)].

1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. iii. 51 The rich man being in hell torments (in whose wordes I doubt not but our Sauiour doth impersonate and represent the conceits of many men liuing in this world).

1755 W. Warburton View Bolingbroke's Philos.: Let. 3rd 37 The Jews and Christians, as well as the Heathens, impersonated Chance under the name of Fortune.

a1761 R. Spearman Suppl. to Wks. of John Hutchinson (1765) iii. 38 These Powers of the air empersonated and embodied, i.e. turned into persons, and clothed with bodies.

1838 Morning Post 20 Jan. Our contemporary impersonates the Morning Post as ‘this insolent scribbler’.

1883 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 871 The conscience of the community is impersonated in its Government.

1949 ELH 16 237 The poet of democracy must impersonate this sublime abstraction with the same consistency that made Dante impersonate the universal Christian quest for the Beyond.

b. To embody the essential characteristics of (something); to typify. Also: to be an embodiment of (an idea, quality, or feeling); to be an expression of (something abstract) in a concrete form. Cf. personify v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > find or furnish an instance or example of [verb (transitive)] > be an example or specimen of > in one's person

impersonate1836

1836 Amer. Q. Rev. Sept. 178 He [sc. Napoleon] might have impersonated the great principle of simple freedom in purified France.

1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vi. 414 His age acknowledged Benedict as the perfect type of the highest religion, and Benedict impersonated his age.

1917 Amer. Mag. Art Feb. 130/2 He impersonates the spirit of the two allied arts that give spaciousness and glory to the designs of the architect.

1947 Folklore 58 369 In the later form of the Epiphany play the rôle of Herod assumed increasing importance impersonating the principle of evil as a raging tyrant.

2010 Amer. Jrnl. Econ. & Sociol. 69 907 Franz Oppenheimer..impersonated the idea of scholarly synthesis.

†2. transitive. To provide (a soul or spirit) with a bodily form; to put into a body. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)] > embody > in a person

impersonate1609

impersonate1631

impersonify1787

impersonize1804

1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 109 This soule of mine, impersonated anew, and so inanimating my body againe.

3. transitive. To pretend to be (someone or something else), usually for the purpose of entertainment or fraud; to imitate (a person's voice, mannerisms, etc.); (in early use esp.) to act the role of (a character in a play, etc.). Cf. personate v. 3b, 4a.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > role-playing > play the part of [verb (transitive)]

to bear the person of?1533

act1599

personate1604

comediate1624

tip1712

impersonate1715

come1721

role-play1951

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > a part or character

playc1390

enact1430

representc1475

perform1598

personate1598

present1598

do1600

to bring (a person) on or to the stage1602

stage1602

support1693

impersonate1715

sustain1731

be1814

portray1875

fake1876

inact1900

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 185 The Master and Disciple of the Dialogues often think fit..to impersonate other more surprizing Actors, who could not fail to extort the submissive Applause of all the Auditors or Spectators.

1821 Louisville (Kentucky) Public Advertiser 7 July She has impersonated several characters with a degree of fire and interest that would have commanded the applause of the first theatres.

1889 E. B. Warman How to Read, Recite & Impersonate 73 Nothing is more ludicrous than to hear a lady try to impersonate the voice of Stonewall Jackson.

1914 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 4 Sept. 4/1 These are good actresses and expert operators of the camera, but they cannot impersonate men.

1970 Times 18 Apr. 2/2 They had pleaded Guilty to dishonestly possessing a police warrant card, impersonating a police officer and demanding money with menaces.

2018 Inland Valley (Ontario) Daily Bull. (Nexis) 9 Mar. 13 College professors, managers, staff and students impersonate celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Johnny Cash and Justin Timberlake and lip sync their hit tunes in a scholarship fundraiser program.

Derivatives

imˈpersonated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > embodied > in a person

impersonated1726

impersonified1804

impersonate1820

1726 F. Iredell Remarks upon Some Passages 18 The human Nature of Christ is no Part of his Person, but an impersonated Adjunct.

1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 14 Allegoric personages; that is, impersonated abstractions expounded by emblems.

1921 Pacific Reporter 193 540/2 Shortly after the marriage—whether to a real or an impersonated Mr. Allen—plaintiff was ensconced in a flat in Washington.

1998 Guardian (Nexis) 4 July 5 So horribly authentic are their gags, impersonated celebrity guests, and songs..that if you didn't know, you'd swear it was for real.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impersonate
释义	† impersonateadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix¹, personate adj. Etymology: < im- prefix¹ + personate adj., after impersonated adj. at impersonate v. Derivatives. N.E.D. (1899) gives the pronunciation as (impə̄·ɹsənĕt) /ɪmˈpɜːsənət/. Obsolete. Represented as a person or being; personified. Chiefly in predicative use. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > embodied > in a person impersonated1726 impersonified1804 impersonate1820 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 74 If Love impersonate was ever dead. a1867 J. Hamilton Moses (1870) iv. 68 We expect to find..the Sacred Scribe his own volume impersonate and alive. 1905 H. P. Spofford Four Days of God An impersonate force of nature always pursuing its way above mists and darkness, serene and strong. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019). impersonatev. Brit. /ɪmˈpəːsəneɪt/, /ɪmˈpəːsn̩eɪt/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpərsnˌeɪt/ Forms: α. 1600s– impersonate. β. 1700s– empersonate (now rare). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix¹, personate v. Etymology: < im- prefix¹ + personate v., perhaps after incorporate v. Compare earlier impersonation n.Compare post-classical Latin impersonare to induct or institute (from 12th cent. in British sources), (in grammar) to make impersonal (13th cent. in a British source). With the β. forms compare em- prefix. 1. a. To represent or imagine (an immaterial thing or abstract quality) as a person or being; to attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to; to personify (personify v. 1). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)] > embody > in a person impersonate1609 impersonate1631 impersonify1787 impersonize1804 1609 [implied in: H. Wotton Let. (modernized text) 22 June in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 458 The impersonating of his device in a blackamoor. (at impersonating n.)]. 1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. iii. 51 The rich man being in hell torments (in whose wordes I doubt not but our Sauiour doth impersonate and represent the conceits of many men liuing in this world). 1755 W. Warburton View Bolingbroke's Philos.: Let. 3rd 37 The Jews and Christians, as well as the Heathens, impersonated Chance under the name of Fortune. a1761 R. Spearman Suppl. to Wks. of John Hutchinson (1765) iii. 38 These Powers of the air empersonated and embodied, i.e. turned into persons, and clothed with bodies. 1838 Morning Post 20 Jan. Our contemporary impersonates the Morning Post as ‘this insolent scribbler’. 1883 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 871 The conscience of the community is impersonated in its Government. 1949 ELH 16 237 The poet of democracy must impersonate this sublime abstraction with the same consistency that made Dante impersonate the universal Christian quest for the Beyond. b. To embody the essential characteristics of (something); to typify. Also: to be an embodiment of (an idea, quality, or feeling); to be an expression of (something abstract) in a concrete form. Cf. personify v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > an individual case or instance > find or furnish an instance or example of [verb (transitive)] > be an example or specimen of > in one's person impersonate1836 1836 Amer. Q. Rev. Sept. 178 He [sc. Napoleon] might have impersonated the great principle of simple freedom in purified France. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. vi. 414 His age acknowledged Benedict as the perfect type of the highest religion, and Benedict impersonated his age. 1917 Amer. Mag. Art Feb. 130/2 He impersonates the spirit of the two allied arts that give spaciousness and glory to the designs of the architect. 1947 Folklore 58 369 In the later form of the Epiphany play the rôle of Herod assumed increasing importance impersonating the principle of evil as a raging tyrant. 2010 Amer. Jrnl. Econ. & Sociol. 69 907 Franz Oppenheimer..impersonated the idea of scholarly synthesis. †2. transitive. To provide (a soul or spirit) with a bodily form; to put into a body. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > give substance to [verb (transitive)] > embody > in a person impersonate1609 impersonate1631 impersonify1787 impersonize1804 1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 109 This soule of mine, impersonated anew, and so inanimating my body againe. 3. transitive. To pretend to be (someone or something else), usually for the purpose of entertainment or fraud; to imitate (a person's voice, mannerisms, etc.); (in early use esp.) to act the role of (a character in a play, etc.). Cf. personate v. 3b, 4a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > role-playing > play the part of [verb (transitive)] to bear the person of?1533 act1599 personate1604 comediate1624 tip1712 impersonate1715 come1721 role-play1951 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > a part or character playc1390 enact1430 representc1475 perform1598 personate1598 present1598 do1600 to bring (a person) on or to the stage1602 stage1602 support1693 impersonate1715 sustain1731 be1814 portray1875 fake1876 inact1900 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 185 The Master and Disciple of the Dialogues often think fit..to impersonate other more surprizing Actors, who could not fail to extort the submissive Applause of all the Auditors or Spectators. 1821 Louisville (Kentucky) Public Advertiser 7 July She has impersonated several characters with a degree of fire and interest that would have commanded the applause of the first theatres. 1889 E. B. Warman How to Read, Recite & Impersonate 73 Nothing is more ludicrous than to hear a lady try to impersonate the voice of Stonewall Jackson. 1914 Lima (Ohio) Daily News 4 Sept. 4/1 These are good actresses and expert operators of the camera, but they cannot impersonate men. 1970 Times 18 Apr. 2/2 They had pleaded Guilty to dishonestly possessing a police warrant card, impersonating a police officer and demanding money with menaces. 2018 Inland Valley (Ontario) Daily Bull. (Nexis) 9 Mar. 13 College professors, managers, staff and students impersonate celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Johnny Cash and Justin Timberlake and lip sync their hit tunes in a scholarship fundraiser program. Derivatives imˈpersonated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > embodied > in a person impersonated1726 impersonified1804 impersonate1820 1726 F. Iredell Remarks upon Some Passages 18 The human Nature of Christ is no Part of his Person, but an impersonated Adjunct. 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 14 Allegoric personages; that is, impersonated abstractions expounded by emblems. 1921 Pacific Reporter 193 540/2 Shortly after the marriage—whether to a real or an impersonated Mr. Allen—plaintiff was ensconced in a flat in Washington. 1998 Guardian (Nexis) 4 July 5 So horribly authentic are their gags, impersonated celebrity guests, and songs..that if you didn't know, you'd swear it was for real. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1820v.1609
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† impersonateadj.

impersonatev.

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