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Webster 1913 Edition


Imitable

Im′i-ta-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
imitabilis
: cf. F.
imitable
. See
Imitate
.]
1.
Capable of being imitated or copied.
The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more usefull, as being
imitable
by great numbers.
Atterbury.
2.
Worthy of imitation;
as,
imitable
character or qualities
.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Webster 1828 Edition


Imitable

IM'ITABLE

,
Adj.
[L. imitabilis. See Imitate.]
1.
That may be imitated or copied. Let us follow our Savior in all his imitable conduct and traits of character. There are some works of the ancients that are hardly imitable. The dignified style of Johnson is scarcely imitable.
2.
Worthy of imitation.

Definition 2024


imitable

imitable

English

Adjective

imitable (comparative more imitable, superlative most imitable)

  1. Capable of being imitated or copied.
    • 1705, Francis Atterbury, Sermon Preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul at the Funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet:
      The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more usefull, as being imitable by great numbers.
  2. Worthy of imitation.
    • 1616, Walter Raleigh, “Of fortune: and of the reason of some things that seem to be by fortune, and against reason and providence.”, in The History of the World, XV:
      otherwise how were it possible, that the most base men, and separate from all imitable qualities, could so often attain to honour and riches, but by such an observant slavish course ?

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French

Adjective

imitable m, f (plural imitables)

  1. imitable

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