1.  impersonate(v = verb.creation) portray - assume or act the character of; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
is one way to act, play, represent
Derived forms noun impersonation₃, noun impersonation₂, noun persona₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

2.  impersonate(v = verb.communication) Array - represent another person with comic intentions; Array
is one way to mock
Derived forms noun impersonation₁, noun persona₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

3.  impersonate(v = verb.communication) personate, pose - pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
is one way to betray, deceive, lead astray
Derived forms noun impersonation₃, noun impersonation₂, noun impersonator₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

1.  To invest with personality; to endow with the form of a living being. [1913 Webster]

2.  To ascribe the qualities of a person to; to personify. [1913 Webster]

3.  To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. [1913 Webster]
"Benedict impersonated his age."

impersonate, v.tr.
1 pretend to be (another person) for the purpose of entertainment or fraud.
2 act (a character).

Derivative:
impersonation n. impersonator n.

Etymology:
IN-(2) + L persona PERSON

VB  imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat, do like, echo, reecho, catch, transcribe, match, parallel, mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate, act, represent, counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of, take pattern by, follow suit, follow the example of, walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit, take after, model after, emulate.

VB  copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, V, represent, delineate, depict, depicture, portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out, adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy, mold, dress up, illustrate, symbolize, paint, carve, engrave, personate, personify, impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play, mimic, hold the mirror up to nature.