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Grammar : Verb
Spell : im-i-teyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm ɪˌteɪt



Definition of imitates

Origin :
  • 1530s, a back-formation from imitation or imitator, or else from Latin imitatus. Related: Imitated; imitating. An Old English word for this was æfterhyrigan.
  • verb pretend to be; do an impression of
Example sentences :
  • Many a one imitates simplicity, but Amy was simple—one-fold.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • These are the forms of time, which imitates eternity and revolves according to a law of number.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • Will not all men censure as womanly him who imitates the woman?
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • If he repeats or imitates the images of others, he achieves nothing.
  • Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
  • He walks like this (imitates Cavalry swagger), and he goes "Ha-Hmmm!"
  • Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
  • "He imitates father and Uncle John in 178everything," she explained.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean High School Freshman » by Pauline Lester
  • The author who imitates the artificers of these, shall never have my custom.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • She imitates the anxiety of his tone with angry truthfulness.
  • Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
  • Must he not, therefore, who imitates her with the greatest fidelity be the best artist?
  • Extract from : « Seven Discourses on Art » by Joshua Reynolds
  • He walks like this (imitates Cavalry swagger), and he goes "Ha—Hmmm!"
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Gadsby » by Rudyard Kipling

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