Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Personate

Personate , transitive verb

[Latin personare to cry out, Late Latin, to extol. See Person.]

To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obsolete]
In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. — Milton

Personate , transitive verb

[Latin personatus masked, assumed, fictitious, from persona a mask. See Person.]

1.
To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; to impersonate{3}; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion. — Hammond
2.
To set forth in an unreal character; to disguise; to mask. [Rare]
A personated mate. — Milton
3.
To personify; to typify; to describe. — Shakespeare

Personate , intransitive verb

To play or assume a character.

Personate , adjective

[Latin personatus masked.]

(Botany) Having the throat of a bilabiate corolla nearly closed by a projection of the base of the lower lip; masked, as in the flower of the snapdragon.