The action or practice of imitating or copying. †arts of imitation = imitative arts.

Imitation; spec. the representation or imitation of the real world in (a work of) art, literature, etc.

The action or an act of mocking; the expression of scorn or derision; taunting, mockery; imitation, mimicry. Also: †an object of derision (obsolete).

Mimicry, close imitation. Also concrete: a thing that imitates or resembles something else; a counterfeit. Obsolete.

Following an example, imitation. Obsolete.

An imitation or representation of something. Obsolete.

The making a copy of anything, esp. writing; imitation. Obsolete.

Mimicking, mimicry.

An act, instance, or mode of copying or imitating; a product of imitation, a copy.

The action of copy, v.1

Mimicry, imitation. rare.

The action or fact of taking something as a model; emulation. Cf. pattern, v. 1d. Frequently with after.

Tendency to assume a form resembling that of something else; unconscious imitation.