n.
(pl. copies)
- a thing made to be similar or identical to another.
- a single specimen of a particular book, record, etc.
- matter to be printed.
▸material for a newspaper or magazine article.
v.
(copies, copying, copied)
- make a copy of.
- imitate the behaviour or style of.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. copie (n.), copier (v.), from L. copia ‘abundance’ (in med. L. ‘transcript’, from such phrs as copiam describendi facere ‘give permission to transcribe’).