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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Imitate \Im"i*tate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Imitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imitating}.] [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to imitate; of unknown origin. Cf. {Image}.]
1. To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
Despise wealth and imitate a dog. --Cowlay.
2. To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy.
A place picked out by choice of best alive The Nature's work by art can imitate. --Spenser.
This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And that sustained an imitated shield. --Dryden.
3. (Biol.) To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "imitated": alike, aped, consimilar, copied, counterfeit, ersatz, fake, favoring, following, homogeneous, identical, imitation, like, mimicked, mock, nearly reproduced, not unlike, phony, resembling, similar, simulated, smacking of, something like, suggestive of, synthetic, uniform with
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