imitate








verb (used with object), im·i·tat·ed, im·i·tat·ing.

  1. to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author’s style; to imitate an older brother.
  2. to mimic; impersonate: The students imitated the teacher behind her back.
  3. to make a copy of; reproduce closely.
  4. to have or assume the appearance of; simulate; resemble.

verb (tr)

  1. to try to follow the manner, style, character, etc, of or take as a modelmany writers imitated the language of Shakespeare
  2. to pretend to be or to impersonate, esp for humour; mimic
  3. to make a copy or reproduction of; duplicate; counterfeit
  4. to make or be like; resemble or simulateher achievements in politics imitated her earlier successes in business
v.

1530s, a back-formation from imitation or imitator, or else from Latin imitatus. Related: Imitated; imitating. An Old English word for this was æfterhyrigan.

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