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mim|ic
mim|ic «MIHM ihk», verb, -icked, ick|ing, noun, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to make fun of by imitating or copying (a person, his speech, or his manner): »

We like to get him to mimic our music teacher.

2. to copy closely; imitate; ape: »

A parrot can mimic a person's voice.

3. to represent imitatively, as by drawing; simulate.
4. to be an imitation of: »

Fresh carved cedar, mimicking a glade Of palm and plantain (Keats).

5. to resemble (something else) closely in form, color, or other aspect: »

Some insects mimic leaves.

╂[< noun]
–n.
1. a person skillful in imitating or mimicking: »

The audience cheered for more as the mimic imitated first one public figure and then another.

2. one that imitates another: »

Cunning is the only mimic of discretion (Joseph Addison).

3. Obsolete. a mime.
╂[< adjective]
–adj.
1. not real, but imitated or pretended for some purpose: »

The soldiers staged a mimic battle for the visiting general.

2. imitative: »

mimic gestures or expression.

╂[< Latin mīmicus < Greek mīmikós < mîmos a mime]

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