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3 definitions found 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 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: copying n : an act of copying
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