Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to impersonate
Participle: impersonated
Gerund: impersonating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | impersonate |
| you | impersonate |
| he;she;it | impersonates |
| we | impersonate |
| you | impersonate |
| they | impersonate |
Perfect
| I | have impersonated |
| you | have impersonated |
| he;she;it | has impersonated |
| we | have impersonated |
| you | have impersonated |
| they | have impersonated |
Past
| I | impersonated |
| you | impersonated |
| he;she;it | impersonated |
| we | impersonated |
| you | impersonated |
| they | impersonated |
Pluperfect
| I | had impersonated |
| you | had impersonated |
| he;she;it | had impersonated |
| we | had impersonated |
| you | had impersonated |
| they | had impersonated |
Future
| I | will impersonate |
| you | will impersonate |
| he;she;it | will impersonate |
| we | will impersonate |
| you | will impersonate |
| they | will impersonate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have impersonated |
| you | will have impersonated |
| he;she;it | will have impersonated |
| we | will have impersonated |
| you | will have impersonated |
| they | will have impersonated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | impersonate |
| you | impersonate |
| he;she;it | impersonate |
| we | impersonate |
| you | impersonate |
| they | impersonate |
Perfect
| I | have impersonated |
| you | have impersonated |
| he;she;it | have impersonated |
| we | have impersonated |
| you | have impersonated |
| they | have impersonated |
Imperfect
| I | impersonated |
| you | impersonated |
| he;she;it | impersonated |
| we | impersonated |
| you | impersonated |
| they | impersonated |
Pluperfect
| I | had impersonated |
| you | had impersonated |
| he;she;it | had impersonated |
| we | had impersonated |
| you | had impersonated |
| they | had impersonated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would impersonate |
| you | would impersonate |
| he;she;it | would impersonate |
| we | would impersonate |
| you | would impersonate |
| they | would impersonate |
Perfect
| I | would have impersonated |
| you | would have impersonated |
| he;she;it | would have impersonated |
| we | would have impersonated |
| you | would have impersonated |
| they | would have impersonated |
Imperative
| you | impersonate |
| we | Let's impersonate |
| you | impersonate |
Verbs conjugated like 'impersonate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'impersonate'
appersonate,
dispersonate,
personate,
disperson'ate,
impassionate,
impersonalise,
impersonalize,
importunate,
impregnate,
improbate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1624, "to invest with a personality," from L. in- "in" + persona "person." Sense of "to assume the person or character of" is first recorded 1715. Impersonator in this sense is from 1853.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *né
4. Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
5. Proto-Italic *n̥-
6. Latin in-bor.
7. Middle English in-
8. English im-
9. Latin persōna
10. Anglo-Norman persouneder.
11. Middle English persoun
12. English person
13. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
14. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
15. Proto-Indo-European *-tós
16. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
17. Proto-Italic *-ātos
18. Latin -ātuslbor.
19. English -ate
20. English impersonate
21. From im- + person + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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The conman managed to impersonate several executives.
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Evil can and will always impersonate goodness.
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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. [1918, Paul Studer, Le mystère d'Adam, an Anglo-Norman drama of the twelfth century:]