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imitator

ˈɪməˌteɪtər
WordNet
Fan with an imitation tortoise frame on which taupe-colored ostrich feathers are arranged in an ascending row. Frame: Eight unadorned legs that close together and are held together by a metal locking pin. Leaf: an ostrich feather is glued to each leg, which is supported at the back by a thin wooden stick. The spring on the far right is longest and the rest slants to the left.
Fan with an imitation tortoise frame on which taupe-colored ostrich feathers are arranged in an ascending row. Frame: Eight unadorned legs that close together and are held together by a metal locking pin. Leaf: an ostrich feather is glued to each leg, which is supported at the back by a thin wooden stick. The spring on the far right is longest and the rest slants to the left.
  1. (n) imitator
    someone who copies the words or behavior of another
  2. (n) imitator
    someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another
Illustrations
Imitation tortoiseshell comb with curved, undecorated back, 19 teeth.
Imitation tortoiseshell comb with curved, undecorated back, 19 teeth.
Noble gentleman from Venice in a costume imitating that of the doge. Sottana covered with an embroidered tippet. Round hat with pointed ball. In ornamental border.
Noble gentleman from Venice in a costume imitating that of the doge. Sottana covered with an embroidered tippet. Round hat with pointed ball. In ornamental border.
Imitation tortoise comb hair comb. Wide and high comb with five teeth. In a rather rough way, two birds approaching each other are carved amidst flowers and plants.
Imitation tortoise comb hair comb. Wide and high comb with five teeth. In a rather rough way, two birds approaching each other are carved amidst flowers and plants.
Photo album with an imitation leather linen binding on which a geometric decoration in orange and brown. The album has 24 sheets of dark brown paper. The first sixteen pages contain reproduction images and printed texts about composers and musicians. From page seventeen onwards, the album contains 35 photos of a family and / or group of people who are, among other things, involved in the language Esperanto, in the mid-1930s.
Photo album with an imitation leather linen binding on which a geometric decoration in orange and brown. The album has 24 sheets of dark brown paper. The first sixteen pages contain reproduction images and printed texts about composers and musicians. From page seventeen onwards, the album contains 35 photos of a family and / or group of people who are, among other things, involved in the language Esperanto, in the mid-1930s.
Photo album in imitation leather binding. On the front cover the title 'Burma' in gold print. The back and the corners also have gold-print decorations. The bracts have a marble motif. The album contains 18 sheets with gold edging and 36 photos with captions. These are city, street and harbor views in Burma, including pagodas, temples and elephants. Also portraits of King Thibaw Min, the last King of Burma, Queen Supayalat and other Burmese. The album is believed to date from 1885-1886, when King Thibaw was forced to abdicate by the British and the annexation of Burma was completed.
Photo album in imitation leather binding. On the front cover the title 'Burma' in gold print. The back and the corners also have gold-print decorations. The bracts have a marble motif. The album contains 18 sheets with gold edging and 36 photos with captions. These are city, street and harbor views in Burma, including pagodas, temples and elephants. Also portraits of King Thibaw Min, the last King of Burma, Queen Supayalat and other Burmese. The album is believed to date from 1885-1886, when King Thibaw was forced to abdicate by the British and the annexation of Burma was completed.
Imitation tortoise comb hair comb with a high smooth back. With fourteen teeth that differ in length.
Imitation tortoise comb hair comb with a high smooth back. With fourteen teeth that differ in length.
Imitation of Lucas van Leyden, a so-called self-portrait of the artist, with initial and year 1525. Below the portrait the text: Effigies Lucas Leidenis propria manu incidere.
Imitation of Lucas van Leyden, a so-called self-portrait of the artist, with initial and year 1525. Below the portrait the text: Effigies Lucas Leidenis propria manu incidere.
Monkeys are caught by enticing them to copy human behavior: imitating monkeys. The hunters wash their faces in tubs of water. After a while the monkeys come off the trees and do it to them. The monkeys are distracted by the washing and do not notice how the hunters approach and catch them so easily. Page from a book with text on recto and verso.
Monkeys are caught by enticing them to copy human behavior: imitating monkeys. The hunters wash their faces in tubs of water. After a while the monkeys come off the trees and do it to them. The monkeys are distracted by the washing and do not notice how the hunters approach and catch them so easily. Page from a book with text on recto and verso.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
Mockingbirds can imitate any sound from a squeaking door to a cat meowing.
  1. Imitator
    One who imitates.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
The male scorpion fly gets other males to bring him food by imitating a female fly.
  1. (n) imitator
    One who imitates, copies, or patterns after a model.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
The berry butterflies (hypsa monycha) of Singapore, in their caterpillar stage, group around the top of a stem to foil predatory birds by imitating the appearance of a poisonous berry.
  1. Imitator
    one who imitates or copies
Quotations
Honore De Balzac
You may imitate, but never counterfeit.
Honore De Balzac
Imitation belittles.
Christian Nevell Bovee
Salvador Dali
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Salvador Dali
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Imitation is suicide.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.
James Fenton
One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
Francesco Guicciardini
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. imitāri, imitātus, ety. unknown.

Usage in the news

Elvis is the most imitated singer on the planet, but often he is badly imitated. cbsnews.com

Imitation the Sincerest Flattery . broadcastingcable.com

When HBO unveiled its 15-channel digital multiplex last week, Encore Group Chairman John Sie let it be known that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery . broadcastingcable.com

"Weird Al" Yankovic on Imitation as Flattery . rollingstone.com

Weird Al's Imitation: A Funky Form of Flattery . ashingtonpost.com

Imitation is not flattery in 'Philadelphia'. presstelegram.com

It is often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery . brandpackaging.com

Imitations That Transcend Flattery . nytimes.com

What Paton Gave Others Paton 's influence on other writers is chiefly indirect: Cry, The Beloved Country is not a novel that could have been imitated directly. oprah.com

You've seen it all before in movies by Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino and every imitator in between. latimes.com

Purveyors of the world's finest news, The New York Post reports that inimitable (and often imitated) actor Sir Michael Caine was locked overnight in an attic while filming in New Orleans recently. bestofneworleans.com

Frankly, the limited range of basic bacon, eggs and pancakes bores the imitation maple syrup outta me. columbusalive.com

Turing as a Philosopher of Imitation. theatlantic.com

Harris is being held on a $4,000 bond at Middle River Regional Jail on two counts of distribution of an imitation drug. newsleader.com

WB not moving forward with ' Imitation Game'. variety.com

Usage in scientific papers

By imitating the proof of Theorem 1 of , we can show that, in the case where M is of class C ω , the following statements (i) ∼ (iii) are equivalent: (i) M is complex equifocal, (ii) each component of (π ◦ φ)−1 (M ) is complex isoparametric, (iii) each component of (πc ◦ φc )−1 (M c ) is anti-Kaehlerian isoparametric.
Hermann type actions on a pseudo-Riemannian symmetric space

First we shall show the statement (i) by imitating the proof of Proposition 3 in .
Hermann type actions on a pseudo-Riemannian symmetric space

In the sequel, we shall show the remaining part of the statement (ii) by imitating the proof of Theorem 1 in for the isotropy action of a Riemannian symmetric space of compact type.
Hermann type actions on a pseudo-Riemannian symmetric space

Then, by imitating the proof of Proposition 3.1 in , we can show the the following relations.
Hermann type actions on a pseudo-Riemannian symmetric space

Since σ ◦ σ ′ = σ ′ ◦ σ , we can show that H ′ (eH ) is a reflective submanifold by imitating the first-half part of the proof of Lemma 4.2 in .
Hermann type actions on a pseudo-Riemannian symmetric space

Usage in literature

This form of imitation is to this day without a name. "The Poetics" by Aristotle

Thus the faculty of the art of imitation is given with the faculty of form in general. "The Aesthetical Essays" by Friedrich Schiller

Waife began his imitation of John Kemble. "What Will He Do With It, Complete" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Instead of a creator, he is but an imitator. "Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I." by Francois Rabelais

And having recognised this fact, Lady Holme knew that it would be worse than useless for her to imitate Miss Schley's imitation of her. "The Woman With The Fan" by Robert Hichens

One meets with buffoons in low dancing places who imitate the delirium tremens, only they imitate it badly. "L'Assommoir" by Emile Zola

The example set at Charleston did not lack imitators. "The Complete Works of Whittier The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index" by John Greenleaf Whittier

If we imitate Lydia in diligence, let us not forget to imitate her in piety. "Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II" by Francis Augustus Cox

Tayoga imitated him and Willet, who was soon awakened by the cold blast, protected himself in a similar manner. "The Masters of the Peaks" by Joseph A. Altsheler

It was these things our Saviour called upon grown-up people to imitate, and so to receive the kingdom of Heaven as little children. "The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales" by Mrs. Alfred Gatty

Usage in poetry
Walk thou, like Enoch, with the Lord most high,
His footsteps trace, and imitate his ways:
Remember too that his all-seeing eye
Thy ev'ry act, nay ev'ry thought, surveys.
"Stanza's Concerning Some Persons And Things, That Are Mentioned In The Holy Scriptures" by Rees Prichard
And next is the Island-of-Lullaby,
And every one there rejoices.
The winds are only a perfumed sigh,
And the birds that sing in the treetops try
To imitate Mothers' voices.
"The River Of Sleep" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Author object (183)
Said Nature, "Cease to try that plan,
The first of all put into man,
The breath of life when time began,
By his great power;
Ye cannot imitate his hand,--
Behold that flower!
"Art And Nature" by Susannah Hawkins
If every polish’d gem we find,
Illuminating heart or mind,
Provoke to imitation;
No wonder friendship does the same,
That jewel of the purest flame,
Or rather constellation.
"Friendship" by William Cowper Author object (696)
Whirling of outer space, too black, too near--
But he was taught as a puppy not to flinch,
Much less to imitate his bête noire Blanche
Who barked, fat foolish creature, at King Lear.
"The Victor Dog" by James Merrill Author object (332)
These beads are pearls disguised as imitations.
This broken chair, my dear? It is a throne
From which you may survey the lesser nations,
Those lands that cannot claim you as their own.
"The Attic" by Henri Coulette