imitare

Etymology
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Usage notes

 * Treccani marks the variant pronunciation io imìto as "rare or poetic"; Hoepli marks it as uncommon. The traditional-minded Dizionario di Ortografia e Pronuncia specifies the variant pronunciation as "less common today but dominant in the poets". The modern-minded Canepari lists the variant pronunciation as less-preferred and aulica (archaic or literary).

Verb

 * 1) to imitate, copy, copycat, mimic, ape
 * 2) to forge, fake, counterfeit
 * 1) to forge, fake, counterfeit

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) (the act or result of) imitating; imitation