Definitions for Imitate
ˈɪm ɪˌteɪtim·i·tate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. imitate, copy, simulateverb

   reproduce someone's behavior or looks

   "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

2. imitateverb

   appear like, as in behavior or appearance

   "Life imitate art"

3. imitateverb

   make a reproduction or copy of

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. imitateverb

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

2. imitateverb

   To copy.

3. Etymology: From imitatus, past participle of imitari, from a deponent frequentive root *, whence also imago, see image.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Imitateverb

   Etymology: imitor, Latin; imiter, French.

   1. To copy; to endeavour to resemble.

   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.

   2. To counterfeit.

   This hand appear'd a shining sword to wield,
   And that sustain'd an imitated shield. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. To pursue the course of a composition, so as to use parallel images and examples.

   For shame! what, imitate an ode! John Gay.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Imitateverb

   to follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc

2. Imitateverb

   to produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy

3. 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

4. Etymology: [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to imitate; of unknown origin. Cf. Image.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

Matched Categories

1. • Copy
   • Resemble

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How to pronounce Imitate?

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How to say Imitate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Imitate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Imitate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Imitate in a Sentence

1. Juliette Fernandez:

   We started making the costumes, finding the wigs, designing choreographies and even trying to imitate the characters' voices.

2. Woody Allen:

   Does art imitate life, or does life imitate TV?

3. Cato the Elder, from Plutarch, Lives:

   Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

4. T. S. Eliot:

   Immature poets imitate mature poets steal.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Insist on yourself never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession... Do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Imitate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Imitate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Imitate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Imitate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Imitate
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Imitate