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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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