mimic
/ˈmɪm.ɪk/ verb C1- To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
- To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
He/she/it mimics · Past mimicked · Past participle mimicked · -ing form mimicking
Verb forms
- Base form
- mimic
- He/she/it
- mimics
- Past
- mimicked
- Past participle
- mimicked
- -ing form
- mimicking
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
The prisoner whom you there see pale, agitated, and alarmed, instead of—as is the case when a curtain falls on a tragedy—going home to sup peacefully with his family, and then retiring to rest, that he may recommence his mimic woes on the morrow,—is removed from your sight merely to be reconducted to his prison and delivered up to the executioner.
Being naturally great mimics of men’s actions, they showed themselves most apt pupils, and when arrayed in their rich clothes and masks, they danced as well as any of the courtiers.
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