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English Dictionary: imitative by the DICT Development Group
3 results for imitative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imitative
adj
  1. marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative art"; "man is an imitative being"
    Antonym(s): nonimitative
  2. (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer
    Synonym(s): echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
    Antonym(s): nonechoic
  3. not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
    Synonym(s): counterfeit, imitative
    Antonym(s): echt, genuine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, n. (Gram.)
      A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, a. [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.]
      1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating;
            exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a
            pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as,
            man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.
  
      2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.
  
                     This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was
                     imitative of the first in Thrace.      --Dryden.
  
      3. (Nat. Hist.) Designed to imitate another species of
            animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful
            purpose, such as protection from enemies; having
            resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors;
            imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of
            minerals are imitative. -- {Im"i*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
            {Im"i*ta*tive*ness}, n.
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