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Dictionary

mim•ic

Pronunciation: (mim'ik), [key]
—v., -icked, -ick•ing,
—n., adj.

—v.t.
1. to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
2. to imitate in a servile or unthinking way; ape.
3. to be an imitation of; simulate; resemble closely.

—n.
1. a person who mimics, esp. a performer skilled in mimicking others.
2. a copy or imitation of something.
3. a performer in a mime.

—adj.
1. imitating or copying something, often on a smaller scale: a mimic battle.
2. apt at or given to imitating; imitative; simulative.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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