Per"son*al*ty (?), n. 1. The state of being a person; personality. [R.]

2. (Law) Personal property, as distinguished from realty or real

property.

Per"son*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Personated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Personating (?).] [L. personare to cry out, LL., to extol. See Person.]

To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.]

In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous.

Milton.

Per"son*ate, v. t. [L. personatus masked, assumed, fictitious, fr.

persona a mask. See Person.] 1. To assume the character of; to

represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; 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. [R.] "A

personated mate." Milton.

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