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misimitate

misimitate verb: to imitate badly; to produce a defective imitation of.

Verb

misimitate (third-person singular simple present misimitates, present participle misimitating, simple past and past participle misimitated)

  1. To imitate badly; to produce a defective imitation of
    • Whenever anyone for some reason is motivated to improve his speech, he imitates ( or misimitates ) what he thinks to be the community norm .1969, Working Papers in Linguistics - Volume 1, Parts 4-6, page 87
    • The SK wants his Yatì (vs. the Kavi's weak one!); but the Kavi preserves that and the final rhythm, managing the proper names with a variation of 2b (q.v.), which latter the SK partly misimitates.1971, K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, Journal - Issue 43, page 19

Forms of misimitate

third-person singular presentmisimitates
present participlemisimitating
past participlemisimitated
pastmisimitated

Origin of misimitate

From mis- + imitate.

Questions about misimitate

What does misimitate mean?
Misimitate means to imitate badly; to produce a defective imitation of.
What part of speech is misimitate?
Misimitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of misimitate?
The past tense of misimitate is misimitated.

Words near misimitate in the dictionary

  1. misimagined
  2. misimagines
  3. misimagining
  4. Misiman
  5. Misimans
  6. misimitate
  7. misimitated
  8. misimitates
  9. misimitating
  10. misimitation
  11. misimitations

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