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Definition of imitation

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Imitation (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon..

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Script :: Script (n.) Type made in imitation of handwriting.

Genette :: Genette (n.) The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur..

Embronze :: Embronze (v. t.) To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t..

Basalt :: Basalt (n.) An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain..

Beading :: Beading (n.) Molding in imitation of beads.

Ciceronianism :: Ciceronianism (n.) Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression..

Imitational :: Imitational (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities..

Clean :: Clean (adv.) Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely.

Canon :: Canon (n.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation..

Ebonize :: Ebonize (v. t.) To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood..

Papyrine :: Papyrine (n.) Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute sulphuric acid..

Marbler :: Marbler (n.) One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.

Gorgoneion :: Gorgoneion (n.) A mask carved in imitation of a Gorgon's head.

Velveteen :: Velveteen (n.) A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet..

Johnsonese :: "Johnsonese (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words..

Self-knowing :: Self-knowing (a.) Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations..

Mockado :: Mockado (n.) A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same as mock velvet.

Indefinitely :: Indefinitely (adv.) In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely..

Beguard :: Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins..

Imitation :: Imitation (n.) The act of imitating.