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- Imitation - n. - The act of imitating.
- Imitation - n. - That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.
- Imitation - n. - One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
- Imitation - n. - The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.
- Imitational - a. - Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.
- Beguard - n. - One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins.
- After - prep. - In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes after his father.
- Mockado - n. - A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same as mock velvet.
- Imitative - n. - A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance.
- Counterfeit - adv. - Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
- South southerly - - the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.
- Grainer - n. - One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.
- Art - n. - The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.
- Beading - n. - Molding in imitation of beads.
- Bafta - n. - A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.
- Nankeen - n. - An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
- Rosette - n. - An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.
- Antique - a. - Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."
- Scagliola - n. - An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.
- Quack - n. - The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise.
- Counterfeit - adv. - Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin.
- Tirralirra - n. - A verbal imitation of a musical sound, as of the note of a lark or a horn.
- Marbleize - v. t. - To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron.
- Pinchbeck - n. - An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.
- Cambric - n. - A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.
- Socinianism - n. - The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical, and not to be taken literally.
- Imagery - n. - The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.
- Foliage - v. t. - To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves.
- Axminster - n. - An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng.
- Castile soap - - A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.
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- H389 אַךְ - 389 אַךְ - אַךְ - - ʼak - ak - akin to אָכֵן; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only; also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but). - Adverb - heb
- G5262 ὑπόδειγμα - 5262 ὑπόδειγμα - ὙΠΌΔΕΙΓΜΑ - - hypódeigma - hoop-od'-igue-mah - from ὑποδείκνυμι; an exhibit for imitation or warning (figuratively, specimen, adumbration):--en-(ex-)ample, pattern. - Noun Neuter - greek
- G5261 ὑπογραμμός - 5261 ὑπογραμμός - ὙΠΟΓΡΑΜΜΌΣ - - hypogrammós - hoop-og-ram-mos' - from a compound of ὑπό and γράφω; an underwriting, i.e. copy for imitation (figuratively):--example. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G5296 ὑποτύπωσις - 5296 ὑποτύπωσις - ὙΠΟΤΎΠΩΣΙΣ - - hypotýpōsis - hoop-ot-oop'-o-sis - from a compound of ὑπό and a derivative of τύπος; typification under (after), i.e. (concretely) a sketch (figuratively) for imitation:--form, pattern. - Noun Feminine - greek
- H3521 כָּבוּל - 3521 כָּבוּל - כָּבוּל - - Kâbûwl - kaw-bool' - from the same as כֶּבֶל in the sense of limitation; sterile; Cabul, the name of two places in Palestine; Cabul. - Proper Name Location - x-pn
- G5455 φωνέω - 5455 φωνέω - ΦΩΝΈΩ - - phōnéō - fo-neh'-o - from φωνή; to emit a sound (animal, human or instrumental); by implication, to address in words or by name, also in imitation:--call (for), crow, cry. - Verb - greek
- H7535 רַק - 7535 רַק - רַק - - raq - rak - the same as רַק as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although; but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise. - Adverb - heb
- H7975 שִׁלֹחַ - 7975 שִׁלֹחַ - שִׁלֹחַ - - Shilôach - shee-lo'-akh - lemma שִׁלֹּחַ extra dagesh, corrected to שִׁלֹחַ; or (in imitation of שֶׁלַח) שֶׁלַח; (Nehemiah 3:15), from שָׁלַח; rill; Shiloach, a fountain of Jerusalem; Shiloah, Siloah. - Proper Name Location - x-pn
- G4807 συκάμινος - 4807 συκάμινος - ΣΥΚΆΜΙΝΟΣ - - sykáminos - soo-kam'-ee-nos - of Hebrew origin (שִׁקְמָה) in imitation of συκομωραία; a sycamore-fig tree:--sycamine tree. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G5179 τύπος - 5179 τύπος - ΤΎΠΟΣ - - týpos - too'-pos - from τύπτω; a die (as struck), i.e. (by implication) a stamp or scar; by analogy, a shape, i.e. a statue, (figuratively) style or resemblance; specially, a sampler ("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning):--en-(ex-)ample, fashion, figure, form, manner, pattern, print. - Noun Masculine - greek