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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pattern \Pat"tern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patterned}; p. pr &
vb n. {Patterning}.]
1. To make or design anything by from or after something
that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
--Milton.
[A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in
Paradise. --Sir T.
Herbert.
2. To serve as an example for also to parallel.
{To pattern after}, to imitate; to follow
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
patterned
adj : having patterns especially colorful patterns [ant: {plain}]
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