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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IM'ITATED, pp. Followed; copied.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Despise wealth and imitate a dog. --Cowlay. 2. To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy. A place picked out by choice of best alive The Nature's work by art can imitate. --Spenser. This hand appeared a shining sword to weild, And that sustained an imitated shield. --Dryden. 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.

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