v.
follow as a model.
▸copy (a person's speech or mannerisms), especially for comic effect.
▸copy or simulate:
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concrete can be textured to imitate wood or brick.
Derivative
- imitable adj.
- imitator n.
Etymology
C16 (earlier (ME) as imitation): from L. imitat-, imitari ‘copy’; rel. to imago ‘image’.
