Imitate

  • 31imitate — im·i·tate || ɪmɪteɪt v. mimic, impersonate; emulate; copy, duplicate; resemble …

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  • 32imitate — onhyrian …

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  • 33imitate — v. a. 1. Copy, follow, pattern after. 2. Mimic, ape, mock, personate, impersonate, take off. 3. Parody, travesty, burlesque, turn into burlesque …

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  • 34imitate — v 1. pattern or model after, do like, emulate, parallel; copy, copycat, follow as an example, take after, walk in the footsteps of, tread in the steps of, tear or take a page from [s.o. s] book, follow suit, match. 2. mimic, ape, monkey, parrot,… …

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  • 35imitate — im·i·tate …

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  • 36imitate — [ˈɪmɪˌteɪt] verb [T] 1) to copy something Italian ice cream is imitated all over the world.[/ex] 2) to copy what someone does or says, often in order to make people laugh Syn: mimic imitator [ˈɪmɪˌteɪtə] noun [C] …

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  • 37imitate — im•i•tate [[t]ˈɪm ɪˌteɪt[/t]] v. t. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to follow as a model or example 2) to mimic; impersonate 3) to make a copy of; reproduce closely 4) to have or assume the appearance of; simulate • Etymology: 1525–35; < L imitārī to copy… …

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  • 38imitate — /ˈɪməteɪt / (say imuhtayt) verb (t) (imitated, imitating) 1. to follow or endeavour to follow in action or manner. 2. to mimic or counterfeit. 3. to make a copy of; reproduce closely. 4. to have or assume the appearance of; simulate. {Latin… …

  • 39imitate — [16] Latin imitāri meant ‘make a copy of’. It was formed from the base *im , which also lies behind the Latin ancestors of English emulate [16] and image; all three words share the basic meaning element ‘likeness’. English acquired the word via… …

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  • 40imitate — v.tr. 1 follow the example of; copy the action(s) of. 2 mimic. 3 make a copy of; reproduce. 4 be (consciously or not) like. Derivatives: imitable adj. imitator n. Etymology: L imitari imitat , rel. to imago IMAGE …

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