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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

imitate XVI. f. pp. stem of L. imitārī copy, rel. to imāgō IMAGE and æmulārī EMULATE; see -ATE3.
So imitation XVI. — (O)F. or L. imitative XVI, — late L. imitator XVI. — L.

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