imitate

Universal Words verb [VN] 1 to copy sb/sth: Her style of painting has been imitated by other artists. * Art imitates Nature. * Teachers provide a model for children to imitate. * No computer can imitate the complex functions of the human brain. 2 to copy the way a person speaks or behaves, in order to amuse people SYNMIMIC: She knew that the girls used to imitate her and laugh at her behind her back.