Definition of imitation

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Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon..

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Isography :: Isography (n.) Imitation of another's handwriting.
Engrain :: Engrain (v. t.) To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1..
Foliage :: Foliage (v. t.) To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves.
Self-knowing :: Self-knowing (a.) Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations..
Madrigal :: Madrigal (n.) An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee..
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.
Prefinition :: Prefinition (n.) Previous limitation.
Gorgoneion :: Gorgoneion (n.) A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.
Imitation :: Imitation (n.) The act of imitating.
Muster :: Muster (v. t.) Something shown for imitation; a pattern.
Mimesis :: Mimesis (n.) Imitation; mimicry.
Macassar Oil :: Macassar oil () A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil..
Cambric :: Cambric (n.) A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin..
Mock :: Mock (n.) Imitation; mimicry.
Travesty :: Travesty (n.) A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
Socinianism :: Socinianism (n.) The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the imitat
Basalt :: Basalt (n.) An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain..
Term :: Term (n.) The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years..
Parrotry :: Parrotry (n.) Servile imitation or repetition.
Imitancy :: Imitancy (n.) Tendency to imitation.
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