Hyphenation
i·mi·tateTurkish pronunciation
îmıteytSynonyms
act like,
affect,
ape,
assume,
be like,
borrow,
burlesque,
carbon,
caricature,
clone,
copy,
counterfeit,
ditto,
do like,
do likewisePronunciation
/ˈəməˌtāt/ /ˈɪməˌteɪt/
Etymology
() Latin imitatus, past participle of imitari (“to copy, portray, imitate”), from a deponent frequentive root *im, whence also imago (“a copy, image”), see image.