Dictionary entry

Pattern (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pat″tern, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Patterned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Patterning.] 1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. Milton.

patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise. Sir T. Herbert.

2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.

To pattern after, to imitate; to follow.