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Webster 1913 Edition
Mimic
Mim′ic
,Noun.
One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.
Burke.
Mim′ic
,Verb.
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
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.