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"text": "The conman managed to impersonate several executives.",
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},
{
"text": "Evil can and will always impersonate goodness.",
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}
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"To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of."
],
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"(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of."
],
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}
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "olicetvorjavam",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "олицетворявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎmaò",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "假冒"
},
{
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "imiti"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "assume the identity of",
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"sense": "assume the identity of",
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},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "imiter"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "sich ausgeben als"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "nachahmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "verkörpern"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "imitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "passar por"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "passar-se por"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "impersonirovatʹ",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "имперсонировать"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vydavatʹ sebja za",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "выдавать себя за"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "assume the identity of",
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{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
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},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
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"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "suplantar"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "hacerse pasar por"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 1 2",
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "ukulingisela"
}
]
},
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"name": "Computing",
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"To operate with the permissions of a different user account."
],
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"(transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account."
],
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],
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"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
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{
"ref": "1918, Paul Studer, Le mystère d'Adam, an Anglo-Norman drama of the twelfth century",
"text": "The shepherds were impersonated, then the Magi, finally Herod himself. In course of time all the elements of a fully developed Nativity play had thus been introduced.",
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}
],
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"To manifest in corporeal form; to personify."
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],
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"(obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify."
],
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{
"word": "embody"
},
{
"word": "impersonize"
}
],
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"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt/"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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"English lemmas",
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"text": "The conman managed to impersonate several executives.",
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},
{
"text": "Evil can and will always impersonate goodness.",
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}
],
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"To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of."
],
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"(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of."
],
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"To operate with the permissions of a different user account."
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"(transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account."
],
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"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
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"text": "The shepherds were impersonated, then the Magi, finally Herod himself. In course of time all the elements of a fully developed Nativity play had thus been introduced.",
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}
],
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"To manifest in corporeal form; to personify."
],
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"personify",
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],
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"(obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify."
],
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"word": "embody"
},
{
"word": "impersonize"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
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],
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},
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"translations": [
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "olicetvorjavam",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "олицетворявам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎmaò",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "假冒"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "imiti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"tags": [
"with-essive"
],
"word": "esiintyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"tags": [
"with-partitive"
],
"word": "esittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "imiter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "sich ausgeben als"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "nachahmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "verkörpern"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "imitar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "passar por"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "passar-se por"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "impersonirovatʹ",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "имперсонировать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vydavatʹ sebja za",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "выдавать себя за"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "copiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "imitar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "suplantar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "hacerse pasar por"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "assume the identity of",
"word": "ukulingisela"
}
],
"word": "impersonate"
}
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