imitatev.

/ˈɪmɪteɪt/

Forms: Also 1600s imm-.

Etymology: < Latin imitāt-, participial stem of imitārī to copy, etc.

a. transitive. To do or try to do after the manner of; to follow the example of; to copy in action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)]

evenlecheOE

resemble?c1400

imitate1534

sequest1567

succeed1577

act1599

pattern1601

similize1606

like1613

echoa1616

sample1616

ape1634

transcribe1646

copy1648

copy1649

mime1728

borrowa1847

to make likea1881

replicate1915

1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1346/1 He that so receiueth the bloude of hys redemer, that he will not yet imitate and follow his passion.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 18 Beseeching the King to..imitate the example of his auncestors.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xviii. 50 Spigelius whom Laurenbergius of Rostoch does faithfully imitate, has assigned other uses to these Capsulæ.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World i. 7 The Children imitating their Parents.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxviii. 75 (note) In the form and disposition of his ten books of epistles, he imitated the younger Pliny.

1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) vii. 158 We are to imitate others so far as they possess moral qualities which are of general and common service.

b. Sometimes with implication of incongruity or of specific purpose: To mimic, counterfeit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > ape, mock, or mimic

apize1598

zany1602

imitate1613

mocka1616

apea1640

monkeya1658

mimic1687

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 558 The Hyæna..will imitate humane voyce, and..having heard the name of some of the Shepheards will call him.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 381 Of Apes and Monkies there are..that will imitate all they see.

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 78 It remains a Question here, by what Power..the Magicians of Ægypt..in short, mimicked or imitated the Miracles of Moses and Aaron.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 73 Miss. (imitating Lady Answerall's Tone.) Very pretty!

†c. Said of undesigned similarity of action. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > be like, resemble, or take after

to bear a resemblance toa1225

semblec1330

resemble1340

to look likec1390

representa1398

belikec1475

assemble1483

express1483

to take after ——1553

figure1567

assimilate1578

besib1596

imitate1601

resemblance1603

respect1604

favour1609

image1726

mirror1820

facsimile1839

turn after ——1848

picture1850

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 106 Herein it should seeme they immitate the opinion of the Stoikes.

1602 S. Patrick tr. I. Gentillet Disc. Wel Governing 77 The Paynims also imitated this of Moses his sacrifices, that they immolated the like beasts.

†d. With infinitive: To endeavour, make an attempt to do something. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > to do something

cuneOE

seekc1000

fanda1225

suec1325

tastec1330

enforcec1340

study1340

temptc1384

intendc1385

assaila1393

proffera1393

to make meansc1395

search?a1400

fraistc1400

pursuec1400

to go aboutc1405

pretend1482

attempta1513

essay?1515

attend1523

regarda1533

offer1541

frame1545

to stand about1549

to put into (also in) practice1592

prove1612

imitate1626

snap1766

begin1833

make1880

1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 42 in Sylua Syluarum We imitate and practise to make Swifter Motions, then any you haue..out of your Musketts.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Imitate, to attempt; to endeavour. Ex. A child, or a sick person ‘imitated to walk’.

a. To make or produce a copy or representation of; to copy, reproduce.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > repeat in a copy

counterfeit1362

to take out1530

take1538

reduplicate1570

imitate1590

counter-make1595

ingeminate1625

replicate1661

recopy1684

takea1715

reproduce1838

duplicate1860

facsimile1862

carbon copy1914

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa4^v A place pickt out by choyce of best alyue, That natures worke by art can imitate.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 19 Some Artificers..can imitate the workes of others most accurately.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant 73 They do what they can to imitate the Galleasses of Venice.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. vii. 260 By such means it is possible to imitate the phenomena of the firmament.

b. ‘To pursue the course of (a composition) so as to use parallel images and examples’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > imitate another work

imitate1700

1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Aij^v The Adventures of Ulysses in the Odysseis, are imitated in the first Six Books of Virgil's Æneis.

1714 J. Gay Let. to Lady 3 For shame, says he; what, imitate an Ode!

a1832 W. Scott Frederick & Alice note This tale is imitated, rather than translated, from a fragment.

3. To be, become, or make oneself like; to assume the aspect or semblance of; to simulate: (a) intentionally or consciously; (b) unintentionally or unconsciously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > become like

imitate1598

assimilate1630

assimilize1654

model1683

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > simulate [verb (transitive)]

belikec1275

counterfeitc1374

imitate1598

dissemble1697

to go through the motions1816

to mock up1914

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 263 Redd..Paintes it selfe blacke, to imitate her brow.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 7 In habite they imitate the Italians.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 375 For him I imitate .

1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 138 The conclusion must imitate the more unworthy and weaker part that is premised.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. xii. 88 The Diseases of the Mind..imitate those of the Body.

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xiv. 179 Where they may be seen in countless profusion, imitating in their outline, horse-shoes, rings, almonds, etc.

1899 N.E.D. at Imitate Mod. A lath painted to imitate iron.

Derivatives

ˈimitated adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [adjective] > simulated

imitated1697

simulated1966

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 525 This Hand appear'd a shining Sword to wield, And that sustain'd an imitated Shield.

ˈimitating n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun]

imitation?1504

mimesisa1586

imitating1591

mocking1611

mockage1615

samplinga1638

exemplification1650

facsimilea1661

mimature1663

mimicry1688

copying1712

mimic1832

patterning1845

simulation1870

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective]

imitative1573

imitating1591

mimeticala1617

emulous1667

eicastic1669

mimetic1669

imitative1700

imitational1833

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Remedamiento Imitating.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 284 This imitating quality..becomes involuntary.

1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) IV. 24 In this imitating age there will be few fond enough of vice to be out of the fashion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	imitate
释义	† imitaten. Etymology: < Latin imitātus an imitation, < imitārī to imitate v. Obsolete. rare. An imitation. ΚΠ 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. i. 15 The Greek Rapsodies and Rapsodists, were but Satanic Imitates of the Hebrew Psalmodists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). imitatev. /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ Forms: Also 1600s imm-. Etymology: < Latin imitāt-, participial stem of imitārī to copy, etc. 1. a. transitive. To do or try to do after the manner of; to follow the example of; to copy in action. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] evenlecheOE resemble?c1400 imitate1534 sequest1567 succeed1577 act1599 pattern1601 similize1606 like1613 echoa1616 sample1616 ape1634 transcribe1646 copy1648 copy1649 mime1728 borrowa1847 to make likea1881 replicate1915 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1346/1 He that so receiueth the bloude of hys redemer, that he will not yet imitate and follow his passion. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 18 Beseeching the King to..imitate the example of his auncestors. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. xviii. 50 Spigelius whom Laurenbergius of Rostoch does faithfully imitate, has assigned other uses to these Capsulæ. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World i. 7 The Children imitating their Parents. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxviii. 75 (note) In the form and disposition of his ten books of epistles, he imitated the younger Pliny. 1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) vii. 158 We are to imitate others so far as they possess moral qualities which are of general and common service. b. Sometimes with implication of incongruity or of specific purpose: To mimic, counterfeit. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > ape, mock, or mimic apize1598 zany1602 imitate1613 mocka1616 apea1640 monkeya1658 mimic1687 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 558 The Hyæna..will imitate humane voyce, and..having heard the name of some of the Shepheards will call him. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 381 Of Apes and Monkies there are..that will imitate all they see. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iii. 78 It remains a Question here, by what Power..the Magicians of Ægypt..in short, mimicked or imitated the Miracles of Moses and Aaron. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 73 Miss. (imitating Lady Answerall's Tone.) Very pretty! †c. Said of undesigned similarity of action. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > be like, resemble, or take after to bear a resemblance toa1225 semblec1330 resemble1340 to look likec1390 representa1398 belikec1475 assemble1483 express1483 to take after ——1553 figure1567 assimilate1578 besib1596 imitate1601 resemblance1603 respect1604 favour1609 image1726 mirror1820 facsimile1839 turn after ——1848 picture1850 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 106 Herein it should seeme they immitate the opinion of the Stoikes. 1602 S. Patrick tr. I. Gentillet Disc. Wel Governing 77 The Paynims also imitated this of Moses his sacrifices, that they immolated the like beasts. †d. With infinitive: To endeavour, make an attempt to do something. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > to do something cuneOE seekc1000 fanda1225 suec1325 tastec1330 enforcec1340 study1340 temptc1384 intendc1385 assaila1393 proffera1393 to make meansc1395 search?a1400 fraistc1400 pursuec1400 to go aboutc1405 pretend1482 attempta1513 essay?1515 attend1523 regarda1533 offer1541 frame1545 to stand about1549 to put into (also in) practice1592 prove1612 imitate1626 snap1766 begin1833 make1880 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 42 in Sylua Syluarum We imitate and practise to make Swifter Motions, then any you haue..out of your Musketts. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Imitate, to attempt; to endeavour. Ex. A child, or a sick person ‘imitated to walk’. 2. a. To make or produce a copy or representation of; to copy, reproduce. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > repeat in a copy counterfeit1362 to take out1530 take1538 reduplicate1570 imitate1590 counter-make1595 ingeminate1625 replicate1661 recopy1684 takea1715 reproduce1838 duplicate1860 facsimile1862 carbon copy1914 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa4^v A place pickt out by choyce of best alyue, That natures worke by art can imitate. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 19 Some Artificers..can imitate the workes of others most accurately. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant 73 They do what they can to imitate the Galleasses of Venice. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. vii. 260 By such means it is possible to imitate the phenomena of the firmament. b. ‘To pursue the course of (a composition) so as to use parallel images and examples’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > imitate another work imitate1700 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. Aij^v The Adventures of Ulysses in the Odysseis, are imitated in the first Six Books of Virgil's Æneis. 1714 J. Gay Let. to Lady* 3 For shame, says he; what, imitate an Ode! a1832 W. Scott Frederick & Alice note This tale is imitated, rather than translated, from a fragment. 3. To be, become, or make oneself like; to assume the aspect or semblance of; to simulate: (a) intentionally or consciously; (b) unintentionally or unconsciously. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > become like imitate1598 assimilate1630 assimilize1654 model1683 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > simulate [verb (transitive)] belikec1275 counterfeitc1374 imitate1598 dissemble1697 to go through the motions1816 to mock up1914 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 263 Redd..Paintes it selfe blacke, to imitate her brow. View more context for this quotation 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 7 In habite they imitate the Italians. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iv. 375 For him I imitate . View more context for this quotation 1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 138 The conclusion must imitate the more unworthy and weaker part that is premised. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. xii. 88 The Diseases of the Mind..imitate those of the Body. View more context for this quotation 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xiv. 179 Where they may be seen in countless profusion, imitating in their outline, horse-shoes, rings, almonds, etc. 1899 N.E.D. at Imitate Mod. A lath painted to imitate iron. Derivatives ˈimitated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [adjective] > simulated imitated1697 simulated1966 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 525 This Hand appear'd a shining Sword to wield, And that sustain'd an imitated Shield. ˈimitating n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] imitation?1504 mimesisa1586 imitating1591 mocking1611 mockage1615 samplinga1638 exemplification1650 facsimilea1661 mimature1663 mimicry1688 copying1712 mimic1832 patterning1845 simulation1870 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [adjective] imitative1573 imitating1591 mimeticala1617 emulous1667 eicastic1669 mimetic1669 imitative1700 imitational1833 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Remedamiento Imitating. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 284 This imitating quality..becomes involuntary. 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator (1748) IV. 24 In this imitating age there will be few fond enough of vice to be out of the fashion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1669v.1534
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