Imitate

im′i-tāt, v.t. to copy, to strive to be the same as: to produce a likene of.— n. Imitabil′ity .— adj. Im′itable , that may be imitated or copied: worthy of imitation.— n. Im′itancy , the tendency to imitate.— adj. Im′itant .— n. Imitā′tion , act of imitating: that which is produced as a copy, a likene : ( mus. ) the repeating of the same pa age, or the following of a pa age with a similar one in one or more of the other parts or voices.— adj. Im′itātive , inclined to imitate: formed after a model.— adv. Im′itātively .— ns. Im′itātivene , the quality of being imitative; Im′itātor , one who imitates or copies. [L. imitāri , imitātus , ety. unknown.]