[ UK /ˈɪmɪtˌe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈɪməˌteɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. appear like, as in behavior or appearance
    Life imitate art
  2. reproduce someone's behavior or looks
    The mime imitated the passers-by
    Children often copy their parents or older siblings
  3. make a reproduction or copy of
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How To Use imitate In A Sentence

  • Brad Murphy on Sep 14, 2008 one more thing people, stop affiliating this with steve carrell. kevin james has his own style and this video shows none of it so dont expect this movie to be at all like this trailer. he does his own thing, not imitate steve carrell Unfunny Mall Cop Viral Video with Kevin James « FirstShowing.net
  • We won't wear "bloomers," or make any attempt to imitate you in our dress, manners, or occupations; we will do nothing to offend the most fastidious, we will be women still. The Womans Advocate
  • Teachers provide a model for children to imitate.
  • The weakest cuts on the album are the ones in which the singer imitates Sinatra most closely.
  • The lyrebird of Australia imitates other birds - and other sounds as well.
  • Some of the younger pop bands try to imitate their musical heroes from the past.
  • Andrea, then, was wont to cast in moulds of this material such natural objects as hands, feet, knees, legs, arms, and torsi, in order to have them before him and imitate them with greater convenience. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 03 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna
  • The selection of raw materials, formula and process for the production of skin-imitated artificial leather were introduced.
  • The dark-painted rim and foot imitate Japanese cloisonne enamel vases, which often feature dark rims and bases of shakudo, an alloy of antimony, copper, and gold.
  • All the while unbelievers laugh; men of weak faith are shaken; faith is uncertain; souls are drenched in ignorance, because adulterators of the word imitate the truth. NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works
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