Dictionary entry

Mimic (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mim″ic, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mimicked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mimicking.]

1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.

The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply,

The habit mimic, and the mien belie. Dryden.

2. (Biol.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.

Syn. — To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.