v. t.
Despise wealth and imitate a dog. Cowlay. [ 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 ]
n. [ L. imitatio: cf. F. imitation. ]
Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
Both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Imitation is often used adjectively to characterize things which have a deceptive appearance, simulating the qualities of a superior article; -- opposed to
a. Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation;
a. [ L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif. ]
This temple, less in form, with equal grace,
Was imitative of the first in Thrace. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. (Gram.) A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] One who imitates. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or office of an imitator. “Servile imitatorship.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A woman who is an imitator. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An imitatress. [ 1913 Webster ]