Definition of imitate

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Imitate (v. t.) To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc..

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Follow :: Follow (v. i.) To go or come after; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.
Bronzist :: Bronzist (n.) One who makes, imitates, collects, or deals in, bronzes..
Pindarist :: Pindarist (n.) One who imitates Pindar.
Resemble :: Resemble (v. t.) To cause to imitate or be like.
Flower :: Flower (v. t.) To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk..
Scratchback :: Scratchback (n.) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons..
Copy :: Copy (n.) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation..
Automaton :: Automaton (v. i.) A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc..
Imitative :: Imitative (a.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative..
Imitate :: Imitate (v. t.) To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy..
Cynanthropy :: Cynanthropy (n.) A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal..
Patrizate :: Patrizate (v. i.) To imitate one's father.
Celluloid :: Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite..
Mimetical :: Mimetical () Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.
Dotterel :: Dotterel (v. i.) A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, / Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler..
Resemble :: Resemble (v. t.) To counterfeit; to imitate.
Example :: Example (n.) That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.
Plashing :: Plashing (n.) The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc..
Mimic :: Mimic (n.) One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon..
Mimic :: Mimic (v. t.) To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
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