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English Dictionary: copying by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
copying
n
  1. an act of copying
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Copying \Cop"y*ing\, a. & n.
      From {Copy}, v.
  
      {Copying ink}. See under {Ink}.
  
      {Copying paper}, thin unsized paper used for taking copies of
            letters, etc., in a copying press.
  
      {Copying press}, a machine for taking by pressure, an exact
            copy of letters, etc., written in copying ink.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Copy \Cop"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Copied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Copying}.] [Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See {Copy}, n.]
      1. To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or
            paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to
            transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design,
            painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.
  
                     I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like
                     enough it will), I'd have it copied.   --Shak.
  
                     Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our
                     remembrance.                                       --Shak.
  
      2. To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or
            course of life.
  
                     We copy instinctively the voices of our companions,
                     their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
                                                                              --Stewart.
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