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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, adjective [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.]
1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was imitative of the first in Thrace. --Dryden.
3. (Nat. Hist.) Designed to imitate another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful purpose, such as protection from enemies; having resemblance to something else; as, imitative colors; imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of minerals are imitative. -- {Im"i*ta*tive*ly}, adverb -- {Im"i*ta*tive*ness}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, noun (Gram.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being" [ant: {nonimitative}]
2: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer [syn: {echoic}, {imitative}, {onomatopoeic}, {onomatopoeical}, {onomatopoetic}] [ant: {nonechoic}]
3: not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" [syn: {counterfeit}, {imitative}] [ant: {echt}, {genuine}]
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