Imitate Definition

ĭmĭ-tāt
imitated, imitates, imitating
verb
imitated, imitates, imitating
To seek to follow the example of; take as one's model or pattern.
Webster's New World
To act the same as; impersonate; mimic.
Webster's New World
To copy (mannerisms or speech).
Can you imitate his accent?
American Heritage
To reproduce in form, color, etc.; make a duplicate or copy of.
Webster's New World
To be or become like in appearance; resemble.
Glass made to imitate diamonds.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Imitate

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin imitārī imitāt- aim- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Imitate Sentence Examples

  • Ilyin tried to imitate Rostov in everything and adored him as a girl might have done.

  • Then I would imitate the acts of cutting the slices and buttering them.

  • He excited the admiration of the youth of Germany, and it was soon the fashion among the petty princes to imitate his methods of government.

  • The most perfect cases, however, are exhibited by those species which imitate ants.

  • In other words, the artificial temperature should increase by day and decrease by night, should rise in summer and fall in winter, should, in short, imitate as nearly as possible the varying influence of the sun.

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Words Starting With

IIMIMI

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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imitate

Words Starting With I and Ending With E

Starts With I & Ends With EStarts With IM & Ends With EStarts With I & Ends With TE

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With I7 Letter Words Ending With E