imitate

English

Etymology

From Latin imitatus, past participle of imito (“to copy, portray, imitate”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪmɪteɪt/
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Verb

imitate (third-person singular simple present imitates, present participle imitating, simple past and past participle imitated)

  1. To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
    • 1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (page 170)
      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.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:imitate

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Translations

Further reading

  • imitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • imitate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Italian

Verb

imitate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of imitare
  2. second-person plural imperative of imitare
  3. feminine plural of imitato

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

imitāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of imitātus
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