3. To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to
personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth.
Benedict impersonated his age.
Milman.
{ Im*per`son*a"tion (?), Im`per*son`i*fi*ca"tion (?), } n. The act of
impersonating; personification; investment with personality;
representation in a personal form.
Im*per"son*a`tor (?), n. One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.
Im*per`spi*cu"i*ty (?), n. Want of perspicuity or clearness; vagueness;
ambiguity.
Im`per*spic"u*ous (?), a. Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague;
ambiguous.
Im`per*suad"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. Impersuasible.] Not to be persuaded;
obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. -- Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness, n.
Im`per*sua"si*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- not + persuasible: cf. OF.
impersuasible.] Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion;
inflexible; impersuadable. Dr. H. More. -- Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty (#),
n.
Im*per"ti*nence (?), n. [Cf. F. impertinence. See Impertinent.] 1. The
condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of
adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.
2. Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the
circumstances; rudeness; incivility.
We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect
to talk in a language not to be understood.
Swift.