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Definition of Mimicking
1. mimic [v] - See also: mimic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mimicking
Literary usage of Mimicking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animal Coloration: An Account of the Principal Facts and Theories Relating by Frank Evers Beddard (1892)
"Cases of Mimicry in which the mimicking Form is equally abundant with the Model.
One of the essentials of true mimicry is that the mimicking form should be ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1898)
"mimicking OTHERS. A WISE man said, hundreds of years ago, that " he never could
have a good opinion of a child who makes it his study to raise a laugh by ..."
3. The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington: With Pictures of the Period in by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1887)
"... be Comforted—David's Arguments and Fair Promises—The Lying Valet—mimicking
the Old Players—The Favour of Great Men—Going to Dublin with Peg Woffington. ..."
4. The Romance of the Irish Stage: With Pictures of the Irish Capital in the by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy (1897)
"... the town—Young Tate Wilkinson—The horrors of crossing the Channel—A first
appearance—mimicking the master—Sheridan becomes indignant—Wilkinson declares ..."
5. A Clinical text-book of medical diagnosis by Oswald Vierordt (1895)
"IL Aphasie Disturbances, Disturbance of Graphic Communication (of mimicking, of
Singing). In order to understand these conditions it is necessary to make ..."
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