3 definitions found
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, n. (Gram.)
A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
imitative
adj 1: marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative
art"; "man is an imitative being" [ant: {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 [syn: {echoic}, {onomatopoeic},
{onomatopoeical}, {onomatopoetic}] [ant: {nonechoic}]
3: not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit
emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art";
"a counterfeit prince" [syn: {counterfeit}] [ant: {genuine}]
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