Copy

kop′i, n. an imitation from an original pattern, a transcript: that which is imitated: a specimen of penmanship to be imitated: the original work from which an imitation or reproduction is made: manuscript for printing.— v.t. to write, paint, . after an original: to imitate: to transcribe:— pa.p. cop′ied. — ns. Cop′ier , Cop′yer , one who copies: an imitator; Cop′y-book , a book in which copies are written or printed for imitation; Cop′yhold ( Eng. law ), a species of estate or right of holding land, for which the owner can only show the copy of the rolls originally made by the steward of the lord's court; Cop′yholder , one who has a tenure of land by copyhold; Cop′ying-pre , a machine for copying manuscript letters by pre ure; Cop′yism , the practice of the copyist; Cop′yist , one whose busine is to copy documents; Copy′right , the exclusive right of an author or his heirs to multiply copies of a written or printed composition, or of a work of art (for books in England the term is forty-two years, or the life of the author and seven years, whichever is longer).— adj. protected by copyright.— v.t. to secure the copyright of.— A copy of verses , a set of verses, esp. a college exercise. [Fr. copie , from L. copia , plenty; in Low L. a transcript.]