imitate
verb
1 imitate
Reproduce someone's behavior or looks:
— The mime imitated the passers-by.
synonyms: copy, simulate.
Roget 788:
borrow,
desume†.
hire,
rent,
farm;
take a lease,
take a demise;
take by the hour,
take by the mile,
take by the year
&c.;
hire by the hour,
hire by the mile,
hire by the year
&c.;
adopt,
apply,
appropriate,
imitate,
make use of,
take.
raise money,
take up money;
raise the wind;
fly a kite,
borrow from Peter to pay Paul;
run into debt
etc.
(debt)
806.
replevy [Law].
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Roget 19:
imitate,
copy,
mirror,
reflect,
reproduce,
repeat;
do like,
echo,
reecho,
catch;
transcribe;
match,
parallel.
mock,
take off,
mimic,
ape,
simulate,
impersonate,
personate;
act
etc.
(drama)
599;
represent
etc.
554;
counterfeit,
parody,
travesty,
caricature,
lampoon,
burlesque.
follow in the steps of,
tread in the steps,
follow in the footsteps of,
follow in the wake of;
take pattern by;
follow suit,
follow the example of;
walk in the shoes of,
take a leaf out of another's book,
strike in with,
follow suit;
take after,
model after;
emulate.
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Roget 17:
be similar
etc.
adj.;
look like,
resemble,
bear resemblance;
smack of,
savor of,
approximate;
parallel,
match,
rhyme with;
take after;
imitate
etc.
19;
favor,
span [U.S.].
render similar
etc.
adj.;
assimilate,
approximate,
bring near;
connaturalize†,
make alike;
rhyme,
pun.
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2 imitate
Appear like, as in behavior or appearance.
Dutch: imiteren, kopiƫren, nabootsen, nadoen
3 imitate
Make a reproduction or copy of.
Dutch: imiteren, nabootsen
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