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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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Axminster :: Axminster (n.) An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng..

Image :: Image (n.) An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance..

Ensample :: Ensample (n.) An example; a pattern or model for imitation.

Waxwork :: Waxwork (n.) Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings..

Butterine :: Butterine (n.) A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter..

Travesty :: Travesty (n.) A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.

Gorgoneion :: Gorgoneion (n.) A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.

Institute :: Institute (n.) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

Corrective :: Corrective (n.) Limitation; restriction.

Inimitable :: Inimitable (a.) Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence..

Apishly :: Apishly (adv.) In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.

Isography :: Isography (n.) Imitation of another's handwriting.

Copy :: Copy (n.) An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue..

Foliage :: Foliage (v. t.) To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves.

Precise :: Precise (a.) Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality..

Beguard :: Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins..

Odontolite :: Odontolite (n.) A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise..

Castile Soap :: Castile soap () A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap..

Leatherette :: Leatherette (n.) An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth..

Delftware :: Delftware (n.) Earthenware made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and the like..