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model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc. Despise wealth and imitate a dog. Cowlay.

The act of imitating. Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth. Sir P. Sidney.

Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.

Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as, man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.

One who imitates.

The state or office of an imitator. "Servile imitatorship." Marston.

A woman who is an imitator.

An imitatress.

Unchanged. [Obs.]

Change; alteration; mutation. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three, or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.

The act of imparting, or the thing imparted. The necessity of this impartation. I. Taylor.

The act of making into paste; that which is formed into a paste or mixture; specifically, a combination of different substances by means of cements.

The act or process of implantating.

The act or practice of importing, or bringing into a country or state; -- opposed to exportation.

Not punctuate or dotted.

hing imputed or charged. Shylock. Antonio is a good man. Bassanio. Have you heard any imputation to the contrary Shak. If I had a suit to Master Shallow, I would humor his men with the imputation of being near their master. Shak.

Transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. -- Im*put"a*tive*ly, adv. Actual righteousness as well as imputative. Bp. Warburton.

Want of adaptation; unsuitableness.

Freedom from affectation; naturalness. [R.]