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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
imitation
 
SYLLABICATION:im·i·ta·tion
PRONUNCIATION:  m-tshn
NOUN:1. The act or an instance of imitating. 2. Something derived or copied from an original. 3. Music a. Repetition of a phrase or melody often with variations in key, rhythm, and voice. b. Repetition of a theme in another voice such that each part continues polyphonously.
ADJECTIVE: Made to resemble another, usually superior material: imitation fur.
OTHER FORMS:imi·tation·al —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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