imitate Definition

imitate
verb imitated, imitating

1. To copy the behaviour, manners, appearance, etc of someone; to use them as a model.
2. To mimic or try to be like someone.

Thesaurus: mimic, impersonate, mirror, mime, echo, caricature, parody, mock, ape, copy, follow.
3. To make a copy of something; to reproduce or duplicate it.

Derivative: imitator
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin imitari, imitatus, from imago a likeness.