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v. Present participle of imitate.

""In figurative, I like the challenge in imitating realness - copying light and shadows to allow volume, color and expression," she notes."

invent   

imitated    imitates    imitating   

re-create    copy   

imitator    imitation    imitative   

counterfeit    copy    reproduce    ape    borrow    mimic    mock    emulate    echo    follow