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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for mimic:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

mimic
    adj 1: constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the
           opera stage"- Archibald Alison
    n 1: someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) [syn:
         mimic, mimicker]
    v 1: imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical
         effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"
         [syn: mimic, mime]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mimic \Mim"ic\, Mimical \Mim"ic*al\, a. [L. mimicus, Gr. ?, fr.
   ? mime: cf. F. mimique. See Mime.]
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   1. Imitative; mimetic.
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            Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes
            To imitate her.                       --Milton.
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            Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical. --W.
                                                  Wotton.
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   2. Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as,
      mimic gestures. "Mimic hootings." --Wordsworth.
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   3. (Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other
      forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble
      simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
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   Note: Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and
         is less dignified than imitative.
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   Mimic beetle (Zool.), a beetle that feigns death when
      disturbed, esp. the species of Hister and allied genera.
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3. 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.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mimic \Mim"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mimicked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Mimicking.]
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   1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
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            The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply,
            The habit mimic, and the mien belie.  --Dryden.
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   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.
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   Syn: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

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)

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