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発音

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪt/

動詞

impersonate (三人称単数 現在形 impersonates, 現在分詞 impersonating, 過去形および過去分詞形 impersonated)

1. (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.

   Synonym: personate

   The conman managed to impersonate several executives.

   Evil can and will always impersonate goodness.

2. (transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.

   Synonyms: embody, impersonize

   • 1918, Paul Studer, Le mystère d'Adam, an Anglo-Norman drama of the twelfth century‎^[1]:

     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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