To assume or put on the character or appearance of; play the part of; pass one's self off as.To assume; put on; perform; play.To represent falsely or hypocritically; pretend: with a reflexive pronoun.To represent by way of similitude; typify.To describe; characterize; celebrate.To play a fictitious character.In botany, mask-like; having the lower lip pushed upward so as to close the hiatus between the two lips, as in the snapdragon: said of a gamopetalous irregular corolla.In zoöl., masked or disguised in any way.Same as personated.