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Imitate

//ˈɪmɪteɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

    "Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music."

  2. 2
    make a reproduction or copy of wordnet
  3. 3
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks wordnet
  4. 4
    appear like, as in behavior or appearance wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imitātus, perfect active participle of imitor (“to copy, portray, imitate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French imiter.

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