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Japanesque (iou) and imitate (iou)


Japanesque (iou)



Japanesque adjective & noun. L19.
[from JAPAN noun + -ESQUE.]
A. adjective. Japanese in style or manner. L19.
b. noun. A design or ornament in Japanese style. L19.

imitate (iou)



imitate verb trans. M16.
[Latin imitat- pa. ppl stem of imitari copy, rel. to imago image: see -ATE3.]
Do or try to do after the manner of; follow the example of; copy in action. M16.
Gibbon In the form and disposition of his..epistles, he imitated the younger Pliny. E. M. Forster Isn't it intolerable that a person whom we're told to imitate should go round spreading slander.
b. Mimic, counterfeit. E17.
J. C. Powys Sam answered the owl's cry, imitating it exactly.
c. Endeavour to do something. E17-E19.
Make or produce a copy or representation of. L16.
b. Use (a literary composition etc.) as a model. E18.
Dryden The adventures of Ulysses..are imitated in the first six books of Virgil's ?neis.
Be, become, or make oneself like, simulate (intentionally or unintentionally). L16.
Oxford English Dictionary A lath painted to imitate iron.