MIMIC

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon. Burke.

2.
v.

To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation. The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit mimic, and the mien belie. Dryden.

3.
v.

To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.