Definition of imitate

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Imitate (v. t.) To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds..

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Marbrinus :: Marbrinus (n.) A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Imitated :: Imitated (imp. & p. p.) of Imitat.
Roan :: Roan (n.) A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco..
Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
Adamite :: Adamite (n.) One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies..
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..
Brick :: Brick (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them..
Palmer :: Palmer (n.) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle..
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..
Ceraunoscope :: Ceraunoscope (n.) An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.
Mimicker :: Mimicker (n.) An animal which imitates something else, in form or habits..
Trace :: Trace (v. t.) To copy; to imitate.
Mimical :: Mimical (a.) Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures..
Plashing :: Plashing (n.) The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc..
Ape :: Ape (n.) One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
Laconize :: Laconize (v. i.) To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity..
Exemplar :: Exemplar (n.) A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives..
Copy :: Copy (v. i.) To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
Copy :: Copy (n.) To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life..
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. t.) To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person..
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