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111person — [13] Latin persōna originally denoted a ‘mask, particularly one worn by an actor’ (it may have been borrowed from Etruscan phersu ‘mask’). It gradually evolved through ‘character played by an actor’ (a meaning preserved in English persona [20], a …
112enact — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. decree, make, pass, order, ordain; play, execute, perform, do. See drama, command. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To legislate] Syn. decree, sanction, ordain, order, dictate, make into law, legislate, pass …
113perform — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. enact, play, execute; fulfill, achieve, discharge; act, render, do; operate, work, conduct. See action, agency, completion, drama, music. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To accomplish an action] Syn. do, make …
114personify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. embody, typify, symbolize, exemplify; represent, personate. See representation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To impersonate] Syn. represent, live as, act out; see imitate 2 , impersonate . 2. [To embody] …
115play — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sport, frolic, fun, amusement, game, recreation; drama, comedy, tragedy; scope, freedom, latitude, sweep, range. v. operate, wield, ply; act, perform; compete; pluck, bow, strike, beat; move, caper,… …
116portray — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. picture, describe; enact, act out. See representation, drama, description. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To represent] Syn. depict, characterize, reproduce; see define 2 , describe , represent 2 . 2. [To… …
117pretend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. sham, feign, dissemble, simulate; counterfeit, lie, fake; claim, aver. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To feign] Syn. feign, affect, simulate, claim falsely, profess, make a pretense, imitate,… …
118represent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. portray (see representation); denote, symbolize, stand for; substitute for, replace, represent; set forth, assert; consist in, be composed of. See indication, substitution, agency, affirmation,… …
119imitate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To follow the example of] Syn. emulate, follow suit, do likewise, take as a model; see follow 2 . 2. [To act like] Syn. mimic, impersonate, mirror, copy, mime, ape, parrot, parody, mock, simulate, duplicate, assume, repeat,… …
120Representation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Representation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 representation representation representment Sgm: N 1 imitation imitation &c. 19 Sgm: N 1 illustration illustration delineation depictment Sgm: N 1 imagery imagery …
