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mimic
1. v. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
2. v. (biology) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
3. n. A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
4. n. An imitation.
5. adj. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
6. adj. Mock, pretended.
7. adj. (mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

Example Sentences

No doubt a very good mimic could do the trick.  He went to school locally, and for as short a time as legally possible, but became a talented guitarist and a fine mimic.  The other characters tend to play off his lead in speaking and have a tendency to mimic his inflections.  Invoke her at the onset and ebb of our monthly flow, as we mimic her own moon, the tides of her sea, her red and black dying.

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