imitate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
imitate/ˈɪmɪteɪt/
▶verb follow as a model.
■ copy (a person's speech or mannerisms), especially for comic effect.
■ copy or simulate: concrete can be textured to imitate wood or brick.
– derivatives
imitable adjective,
imitator noun.
imitable adjective,
imitator noun.
– origin C16 (earlier (ME) as imitation): from L. imitat-, imitari ‘copy’; rel. to imago ‘image’.
'imitate' also found in these Oxford entries:
ape
- archaize
- bam
- beatbox
- book
- burlesque
- classicize
- copy
- copybook
- counterfeit
- drum pad
- form
- grisaille
- image
- inimitable
- mimeograph
- mimesis
- mimic
- model
- reproduction
- simulate
- synthetic
- woomph
