GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   copied adj. reproducing the features of an original especially in an inferior manner. original
   
   Syn. -- imitative.
   
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   Copy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Copied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Copying.] [Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See Copy, n.]
   1. To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, “to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.”; -- often with out, sometimes with off.
   
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   I like the work well; ere it be demanded
   
   (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied. Shak.
   
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   Let this be copied out,
   
   And keep it safe for our remembrance. Shak.
   
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   2. To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.
   
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   We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation. Stewart.
   
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