imitate

EtymologyEdit

From Latin imitatus, past participle of imitari (“to copy, portray, imitate”).

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪmɪteɪt/

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VerbEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:imitate

Related termsEdit

• imitation
• imitative
• imitator

TranslationsEdit

External linksEdit

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

VerbEdit

imitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of imitare
2. second-person plural imperative of imitare
3. feminine plural of imitato

AnagramsEdit

• ematiti

ParticipleEdit

imitāte

1. vocative masculine singular of imitātus