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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
copied
adj : derived by copying something else; especially by following
lines seen through a transparent sheet [syn: {traced}]
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