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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, especially a performer skilled in mimicking others.
5.
a copy or imitation of something.
6.
a performer in a mime.
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Mimics
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
adjective
7.
imitating or copying something, often on a smaller scale: a mimic battle.
8.
apt at or given to imitating; imitative; simulative.
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Word Origin & History
mimic
1580s (n.), 1590s (adj.), 1680s (v.), from L. mimicus, from Gk. mimikos "of or pertaining to mimes," from mimos "mime." Related: Mimicked; mimicking.
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Medical Dictionary
mimic mim·ic (mĭm'ĭk)
v. mim·icked, mim·ick·ing, mim·ics
To resemble closely; simulate.
To take on the appearance of.
mim'ic adj. & n.
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