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.

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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. John Ruskin:

   In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong honor that try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.

2. Jose Raul Bernardo, The Secret of the Bulls (Simon & Schuster, 1996:

   Art does not imitate life. Art is much more powerful than that. Art brings life back. And it does it by exposing the secrets we all carry inside.

3. Confucius:

   If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

4. May Sarton:

   I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep… Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.

5. Miguel de Cervantes:

   Good painters imitate nature, bad ones spew it up.

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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