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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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