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mim⋅ic

  [mim-ik] verb, -icked, -ick⋅ing, noun, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
2. to imitate in a servile or unthinking way; ape.
3. to be an imitation of; simulate; resemble closely.
–noun
4. a person who mimics, esp. a performer skilled in mimicking others.
5. a copy or imitation of something.
6. a performer in a mime.
–adjective
7. imitating or copying something, often on a smaller scale: a mimic battle.
8. apt at or given to imitating; imitative; simulative.
Origin:
1580–90; < L mīmicus < Gk mīmikós. See mime, -ic

Related forms:
mim⋅ick⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. follow, mock; impersonate; simulate, counterfeit. 7. mock, simulated.
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mim·ic   (mĭm'ĭk)   
tr.v.   mim·icked, mim·ick·ing, mim·ics

  1. To copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression, and gesture; ape.

  2. To copy or imitate so as to ridicule; mock: always mimicking the boss. See Synonyms at imitate.

  3. To resemble closely; simulate: an insect that mimics a twig.

  4. To take on the appearance of.

n.  

  1. One who imitates, especially:

    1. An actor or actress in a mime.

    2. One who practices the art of mime.

    3. One who copies or mimics others, as for amusement.

  2. A copy or an imitation.

adj.  

  1. Relating to, acting as, resembling, or characteristic of a mimic or mimicry.

    1. Tending to imitate; imitative.

    2. Make-believe; mock: a mimic battle.


[From Latin mīmicus, mimic, from Greek mīmikos, from mīmos, imitator, mime.]
mim'ick·er n.
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Word Origin & History

mimic 
1590 (n.), 1598 (adj.), 1687 (v.), from L. mimicus, from Gk. mimikos "of or pertaining to mimes," from mimos "mime."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1mim·ic
Pronunciation: 'mim-ik
Function: noun
: one that mimics mimic of a naturally occurring hormone>

Main Entry: 2mimic
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: mim·icked /-ikt/; mim·ick·ing
: to imitate orresemble closely: as a : to imitate the symptoms of mimics acute appendicitis —MerckManual> b : to produce an effect and especially a physiological effect similar to mimics —Chemical &Engineering News>
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Medical Dictionary

mimic mim·ic (mĭm'ĭk)
v. mim·icked, mim·ick·ing, mim·ics

  1. To resemble closely; simulate.

  2. To take on the appearance of.

mim'ic adj. & n.

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Computing Dictionary

MIMIC language
An early language designed by J.H. Andrews of the NIH in 1967 for solving engineering problems such as differential equations that would otherwise have been done on an analog computer.
["MIMIC, An Alternative Programming Language for Industrial Dynamics, N.D. Peterson, Socio-Econ Plan Sci. 6, Pergamon 1972].
(1995-01-19)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
MIMIC
microwave/millimeter wave monolithic integrated circuit
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