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Imitation(money)
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imitation(dictionary)

imitation (iou)



imitation noun & adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin imitatio(n-), formed as IMITATE: see -ATION.]
A. noun.
The action or practice of imitating or copying. LME.
The result or product of imitating; a copy, an artificial likeness; a thing made to look like something else; a counterfeit. E17.
A method of translation looser than paraphrase in which modern examples and illustrations are used for old, and domestic for foreign; a composition of this nature. M17.
Music. The repetition of a phrase or melody, usually at a different pitch, in another part or voice, with or without other modifications. E18.
b. adjective. Made in imitation of a real or genuine article or substance. M19.
imitational adjective M19.