ectypen.
/ˈɛktʌɪp/ a. An impression (in wax, clay, etc.) of a seal or medal. ? Obsolete in literal sense.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > cast or impression > plaster, wax, etc.
ectype1662
plaster cast1773
electrotype1840
sulphur-impression1840
voltatype1842
sulphur1867
squeeze1882
sulphur-cast1909
1662 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Pref. Ectype, a thing taken out of another Copy.
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata v. 196 Sent the Ectype of a Medal to Sir Robert Cotton.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Ectype,..an Impression of a Seal, Ring, or Medal.
b. figurative. A copy, reproduction; esp. as opposed to archetype or prototype.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > an imitation
resemblant1484
patterna1500
counterfeiture1548
counterfeit1587
idol1590
reduplication1592
copy1596
module1608
imitationa1616
mockage1615
echo1622
conduplicationa1631
transcript1646
ectype1647
mime1650
duplicating1659
mimicry1688
replication1692
shadow1693
reproduction1701
mimication?1715
repetition1774
replicate1821
autotype1829
replica1841
re-creation1915
retake1922
mock-up1957
reprise1961
1647 J. Hall Poems (1816) i. 80 Thine own ectype [earlier published edd. active] Brownrigge.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxx. 176 The complex Ideas of Substances are Ectypes, Copies too; but not perfect ones.
1692 T. Beverley Concil. Disc. Dr. Crisp's Serm. 10 It is an Ectype or Exemplification of the Everlasting Covenant.
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. 53 The true ectypes of their originals.
1846 W. Hamilton in T. Reid Wks. 771 To subordinate..the prototype to the ectype.
2. Architecture. An object in relievo or embossed.
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1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 968 Ectype, an object in relievo, or embossed.
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