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Verb
S:
(v)
impersonate
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portray
(assume or act the character of)
"She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
S:
(v)
impersonate
(represent another person with comic intentions)
S:
(v)
pose
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impersonate
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personate
(pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions)
"She posed as the Czar's daughter"