which word or phrase means the same as imitate?
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: imitate (Verb). To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of. imitate (Verb). To copy. Origin: From imitatus, past participle of imitari, from a deponent frequentive root *, whence also imago, see image.