5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mimic  \Mim"ic\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mimicked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Mimicking}.] 
  1.  To  imitate  or  ape  for  sport;  to  ridicule  by  imitation. 
 
  The  walk,  the  words  the  gesture,  could  supply,  The 
  habit  mimic,  and  the  mien  belie.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  (Biol.)  To  assume  a  resemblance  to  (some  other  organism  of 
  a  totally  different  nature,  or  some  surrounding  object), 
  as  a  means  of  protection  or  advantage. 
 
  Syn:  To  ape;  imitate;  counterfeit;  mock. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mimic  \Mim"ic\,  Mimical  \Mim"ic*al\,  a.  [L.  mimicus  Gr  ?,  fr 
  ?  mime:  cf  F.  mimique  See  {Mime}.] 
  1.  Imitative;  mimetic. 
 
  Oft,  in  her  absence,  mimic  fancy  wakes  To  imitate 
  her  --Milton. 
 
  Man  is  of  all  creatures,  the  most  mimical.  --W. 
  Wotton. 
 
  2.  Consisting  of  or  formed  by  imitation;  imitated;  as 
  mimic  gestures.  ``Mimic  hootings.''  --Wordsworth. 
 
  3.  (Min.)  Imitative;  characterized  by  resemblance  to  other 
  forms;  --  applied  to  crystals  which  by  twinning  resemble 
  simple  forms  of  a  higher  grade  of  symmetry. 
 
  Note:  Mimic  often  implies  something  droll  or  ludicrous,  and 
  is  less  dignified  than  imitative. 
 
  {Mimic  beetle}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  beetle  that  feigns  death  when 
  disturbed,  esp.  the  species  of  {Hister}  and  allied  genera. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mimic  \Mim"ic\,  n. 
  One  who  imitates  or  mimics,  especially  one  who  does  so  for 
  sport;  a  copyist;  a  buffoon.  --Burke. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mimic 
  adj  :  constituting  an  imitation;  "the  mimic  warfare  of  the  opera 
  stage"-  Archibald  Alison 
  n  :  someone  who  mimics  (especially  an  actor  or  actress)  [syn:  {mimicker}] 
  v  :  imitate  (a  person,  a  manner,  etc.),  esp.  for  satirical 
  effect  [syn:  {mock}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  MIMIC 
 
    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) 
 
 

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