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verb

Mimic v. t. (past & past part. mimicked; pres. part. mimicking)

1.

To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. "The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie."

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.

Synonyms: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.

noun

Mimic n. One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.

adjective

Mimical, Mimic adj.

1.

Imitative; mimetic. "Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes To imitate her." "Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical."

2.

Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as, mimic gestures. "Mimic hootings."

3.

(Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. Note: Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and is less dignified than imitative.

Mimic beetle (Zool.), a beetle that feigns death when disturbed, esp. the species of Hister and allied genera.

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"Mimic" Quotes from Famous Books

... doubting—Phil, with grey hair! To say what mingled feelings swept through Elinor's mind, with all these elements in them, is beyond my power. She saw him with his face concealed, standing up unconscious of the crowded place and of the mimic life on the stage, his eyes fixed upon his son whom he had never seen before. Where was there any drama in which there was a scene like this? His son, his only child, the heir! Unconsciously even to herself that fact ...

— The Marriage of Elinor • Margaret Oliphant

... research and study, in all my close analysis of the masterpieces of Shakespeare, in my earnest determination to make those plays appear real on the mimic stage, I have never, and nowhere, met tragedy so real, so sublime, so magnificent as the legend of Hiram. It is substance without shadow—the manifest destiny of life which requires no picture and ...

— The Builders - A Story and Study of Masonry • Joseph Fort Newton

... Summer's gone like pageant bright; Its glorious days of golden light Are gone—the mimic suns that quiver, Then melt in Time's dark-flowing river. Gone the sweetly-scented breeze That spoke in music to the trees; Gone—for damp and chilly breath, As if fresh blown o'er marble seas, ...

— The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood • Thomas Hood

... mechanics. Glancing through this orifice, John Wilkes Booth espied in a moment the precise position of the President; he wore upon his wrinkling face the pleasant embryo of an honest smile, forgetting in the mimic scene the splendid successes of our arms for which he was responsible, and the history he had ...

— The Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth • George Alfred Townsend

... two hours later, and await the approach of morning for their second cast. Towards midnight, then, we sailed boldly up to the outermost boat and spoke her through Marc'antonio, who (fas est ab hoste doceri) had in old campaigns picked up enough of the Genoese patois to mimic it very passably. He announced us as sent by certain Genoese fishmongers—a new and enterprising firm whose name he invented on the spur of the moment—to trade for the first catch of fish and carry them ...

— Sir John Constantine • Prosper Paleologus Constantine

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