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v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imitate.

"From this comes the illusion that the artist _imitates nature_; when it would perhaps be more exact to say that nature imitates the artist, and obeys him."

invent   

imitated    imitates    imitating   

re-create    copy   

imitator    imitation    imitative   

counterfeit    copy    reproduce    ape    borrow    mimic    mock    emulate    echo    follow