'Imitate' definitions:
Definition of 'imitate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Imitate'
From: GCIDE
- Imitate \Im"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Imitating.] [L. imitatus, p. p. of imitari to imitate; of unknown origin. Cf. Image.]
- 1. To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc. [1913 Webster]
- Despise wealth and imitate a dog. --Cowlay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy. [1913 Webster]
- A place picked out by choice of best alive The Nature's work by art can imitate. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And that sustained an imitated shield. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Biol.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imitate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act like,
- adopt,
- affect,
- ape,
- appear like,
- approach,
- appropriate,
- approximate,
- assume,
- be like,
- be redolent of,
- bear resemblance,
- borrow,
- bring to mind,
- burlesque,
- call to mind,
- call up,
- caricature,
- chorus,
- come again,
- come close,
- come near,
- compare with,
- copy,
- correspond,
- counterfeit,
- crib,
- derive from,
- ditto,
- do,
- do a repeat,
- do again,
- do like,
- do over,
- double,
- duplicate,
- echo,
- emulate,
- evoke,
- fake,
- favor,
- follow,
- forge,
- go like,
- hoke,
- hoke up,
- impersonate,
- infringe,
- look like,
- make like,
- make use of,
- match,
- mimic,
- mirror,
- mock,
- monkey,
- near,
- nearly reproduce,
- not tell apart,
- parallel,
- parody,
- parrot,
- partake of,
- pirate,
- plagiarize,
- quote,
- redo,
- redouble,
- reduplicate,
- reecho,
- reflect,
- regurgitate,
- reincarnate,
- remind one of,
- renew,
- repeat,
- replicate,
- reproduce,
- resemble,
- revive,
- satirize,
- savor of,
- say again,
- seem like,
- send up,
- simulate,
- smack of,
- sound like,
- spoof,
- stack up with,
- steal,
- suggest,
- take,
- take after,
- take off,
- take on,
- take over,
- travesty