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Mimick (verb)

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To Mímick. v.a. [from the noun.] To imitate as a buffoon; to ridicule by a burlesque imitation.

                      Morpheus express'd
The shape of man, and imitated best;
The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply,
The habit mimick, and the mien belye. Dryden.

Who wou'd with care some happy fiction frame;
So mimicks truth, it looks the very same. Granville.

Sources: Dryden, John (788) · Granville, George (23)

Attributes: Verb Active (289)

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