What does imitate mean?
Definitions for imitate
ˈɪm ɪˌteɪtim·i·tate
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word imitate.
Princeton's WordNet
imitate, copy, simulateverb
reproduce someone's behavior or looks
"The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
imitateverb
appear like, as in behavior or appearance
"Life imitate art"
imitateverb
make a reproduction or copy of
Wiktionary
imitateverb
To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
imitateverb
To copy.
Etymology: From imitatus, past participle of imitari, from a deponent frequentive root *, whence also imago, see image.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Imitateverb
Etymology: imitor, Latin; imiter, French.
We imitate and practise to make swifter motions than any out of your muskets. Francis Bacon.
Despise wealth, and imitate a god. Abraham Cowley.
I would caress some stableman of note,
And imitate his language and his coat. Man of Taste.This hand appear'd a shining sword to wield,
And that sustain'd an imitated shield. John Dryden, Æn.For shame! what, imitate an ode! John Gay.
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imitate
Imitate means to replicate or reproduce someone's behavior, appearance, or actions, often in order to learn from them or to entertain others. It involves copying or mimicking the exact traits or characteristics of the subject being imitated.
Webster Dictionary
Imitateverb
to follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc
Imitateverb
to produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy
Imitateverb
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
Etymology: [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to imitate; of unknown origin. Cf. Image.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Imitate
im′i-tāt, v.t. to copy, to strive to be the same as: to produce a likeness of.—n. Imitabil′ity.—adj. Im′itable, that may be imitated or copied: worthy of imitation.—n. Im′itancy, the tendency to imitate.—adj. Im′itant.—n. Imitā′tion, act of imitating: that which is produced as a copy, a likeness: (mus.) the repeating of the same passage, or the following of a passage with a similar one in one or more of the other parts or voices.—adj. Im′itātive, inclined to imitate: formed after a model.—adv. Im′itātively.—ns. Im′itātiveness, the quality of being imitative; Im′itātor, one who imitates or copies. [L. imitāri, imitātus, ety. unknown.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of imitate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of imitate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of imitate in a Sentence
The museums are here to teach the history of art and something more as well, for, if they stimulate in the weak a desire to imitate, they furnish the strong with the means of their emancipation.
It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along the shore.
pictures of life grinding to a halt decorating walls movement in dead motion limbs askew mouths stretched wide in motionless scream. art as we see it – feeling it’s another story. so does art imitate life or does life imitate A—R—T and where does it end – on cold walls before disinterested observers?
We started making the costumes, finding the wigs, designing choreographies and even trying to imitate the characters' voices.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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- قلدArabic
- imitarCatalan, Valencian
- napodobitCzech
- imitiEsperanto
- imitarSpanish
- matkimaEstonian
- imitarGalician
- imitál, utánozHungarian
- imitareItalian
- 倣う, 模倣する, 真似るJapanese
- whakatauMāori
- nabootsen, imiterenDutch
- naśladowaćPolish
- imitarPortuguese
- подражать, имитироватьRussian
- posnemati, oponašati, imitiratiSlovene
- imitera, härmaSwedish
- kuigaSwahili
- అనుకరించుTelugu
- nháiVietnamese
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