Antonyms for imitates

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

Synonyms for imitates

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