Imitate, 1) to endeavour to resemble, to copy: Lucr. 1137. Lucr. 1137 Sonn. 67, 5. LLL IV, 3, 265. Mids. II, 1, 132. Tw. III, 4, 418. H4A I, 2, 221. H4B II, 2, 134. H5 III, 1, 6. III, 7, 46. Cor. V, 3, 150. Tim. I, 2, 13. IV, 3, 201. Hml. III, 2, 39.
2) to make in imitation, to copy: “the counterfeit is poorly --d after you,” Sonn. 53, 6.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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