[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mimic \mim"ic\, mimical \mim"ical\, a. l. mimicus, gr. ?, fr.
   ? mime: cf. f. mimique. see mime.
   1913 webster
   1. imitative; mimetic.
      1913 webster

            oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes
            to imitate her.                       --milton.
      1913 webster

            man is, of all creatures, the most mimical. --w.
                                                  wotton.
      1913 webster

   2. consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as,
      mimic gestures. "mimic hootings." --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   3. min. imitative; characterized by resemblance to other
      forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble
      simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
      1913 webster

   note: mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and
         is less dignified than imitative.
         1913 webster

   mimic beetle zool., a beetle that feigns death when
      disturbed, esp. the species of hister and allied genera.
      1913 webster
see also:
mime mimic beetle hister 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mimic \mim"ic\, n.
   one who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for
   sport; a copyist; a buffoon. --burke.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mimic \mim"ic\, v. t. imp.  p. p. mimicked; p. pr.  vb. n.
   mimicking.
   1913 webster
   1. to imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
      1913 webster

            the walk, the words, the gesture, could supply,
            the habit mimic, and the mien belie.  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. biol. to assume a resemblance to some other organism of
      a totally different nature, or some surrounding object,
      as a means of protection or advantage.
      1913 webster

   syn: to ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.
        1913 webster
see also:
mimicked mimicking 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

mimic
     adj : constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the opera
           stage"- archibald alison
     n : someone who mimics especially an actor or actress syn: mimicker
     v : imitate a person, a manner, etc., especially for satirical
         effect; "the actor mimicked the president very
         accurately" syn: mime
     also: mimicking, mimicked
see also:
mimicker mime mimicking mimicked 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

162 moby thesaurus words for "mimic":
   roscius, act, act a part, act as, act out, actor, actress,
   antagonist, ape, apish, appear like, approach, approximate,
   bad guy, barnstormer, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance,
   bring to mind, burlesque, call to mind, call up, caricature,
   caricaturist, character, character actor, character man,
   character woman, child actor, come close, come near, compare with,
   conformist, copier, copy, copycat, copyist, correspond,
   counterfeit, counterfeiter, cuckoo, diseur, diseuse, dissembler,
   dissimulator, do, dramatizer, duplicate, echo, echoer, echoic,
   echoist, emulative, enact, evoke, fake, faker, favor, feeder,
   feigned, foil, follow, forger, heavy, histrio, histrion, hit off,
   hit off on, hypocrite, imitate, imitation, imitative, imitator,
   impersonate, impersonator, impostor, impressionist, ingenue,
   juvenile, lampoon, look like, make fun of, make-believe,
   masquerade as, match, matinee idol, mime, mimer, mimetic, mimicker,
   mirror, mock, mocker, mockingbird, monkey, monologist, mum, mummer,
   near, nearly reproduce, not tell apart, onomatopoeic,
   onomatopoetic, pantomime, pantomimist, parallel, parodist, parody,
   parrot, partake of, pass for, perform, performer, personate, phony,
   plagiarist, play, play a part, playactor, player, poll-parrot,
   polly, polly-parrot, pose as, poseur, pretend to be, pretended,
   protean actor, reciter, remind one of, reproduce, resemble,
   ridicule, satirize, savor of, seem like, sham, sheep, simulate,
   simulated, simulative, simulator, smack of, soubrette, sound like,
   stack up with, stage performer, stage player, stooge, straight man,
   stroller, strolling player, suggest, take after, take off,
   take off on, theatrical, thespian, travesty, trouper, utility man,
   villain

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

mimic
     
         an early language designed by j.h. andrews of the
        nih in 1967 for solving engineering problems such as
        differential equations that would otherwise have been done on
        an analog computer.
     
        "mimic, an alternative programming language for industrial
        dynamics, n.d. peterson, socio-econ plan sci. 6, pergamon
        1972.
     
        1995-01-19
     
     
see also:
analog computer 

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