'Imitated' definitions:
Definition of 'Imitated'
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 'imitated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alike,
- aped,
- consimilar,
- copied,
- counterfeit,
- ersatz,
- fake,
- favoring,
- following,
- homogeneous,
- identical,
- imitation,
- like,
- mimicked,
- mock,
- nearly reproduced,
- not unlike,
- phony,
- resembling,
- similar,
- simulated,
- smacking of,
- something like,
- suggestive of,
- synthetic,
- uniform with