imitate
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin imitatus, past participle of imito (“to copy, portray, imitate”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
imitate (third-person singular simple present imitates, present participle imitating, simple past and past participle imitated)
- To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
- 1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, page 170:
- Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.
- 2019 August 21, Tik Root, “Inside the Race to Build the World's First Commercial Octopus Farm”, in Time[1]:
- The room was dark and cool, lit with a dim red light. “This was designed to imitate a cave,” said Rosas.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
AntonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to follow as a model
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Further readingEdit
- imitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- imitate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
ItalianEdit
VerbEdit
imitate
- second-person plural present indicative of imitare
- second-person plural imperative of imitare
- feminine plural of imitato
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
ParticipleEdit
imitāte