imitate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

< Latin imitatus, pp. of imitari (“‘to copy, portray, imitate’”), a deponent freq. < root *im, whence also imago (“‘a copy, image’”), see image.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Verb

to imitate (third-person singular simple present imitates, present participle imitating, simple past and past participle imitated)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:imitate

[edit] Related terms

• imitation
• imitative
• imitator

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[edit] External links

• imitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• imitate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

imitate

1. Second-person plural present tense of imitare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of imitare.
3. Feminine plural of imitato.