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mimicking |
1 definition 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.
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