Synonyms for imitating
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : im-i-teyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm ɪˌteɪt |
Définition of imitating
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.
- adj copying
- All we're asking you to do, is not to go about imitating him with his romantic talk!
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- If at times, while imitating, they have mistaken me, I am not.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- She knew how exactly she was imitating aunt Luceba's mode of speech.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- The men were all imitating each other, and on a small mould.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
- It had eight stops, one imitating the lute and one the flute.
- Extract from : « How the Piano Came to Be » by Ellye Howell Glover
- On the contrary, it was up on the table, imitating the click of the gun with a spoon.
- Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond
- By imitating his cry, I induced him to come within a few feet of me.
- Extract from : « Tales From Two Hemispheres » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
- Instead of imitating him, his friends studied his wrinkled countenance.
- Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
- "I 'll stay," said I, imitating his own laconic way; and no more was said.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- Imitating him as well as I was able, I followed him up the stairs.
- Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
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