[im.i.ta.tion] n (14c) 1: an act or instance of imitating
2: something produced as a copy: counterfeit
3: a literary work designed to reproduce the style of another author
4: the repetition by one voice of a melody, phrase, or motive stated earlier in the composition by a different voice
5: the quality of an object in possessing some of the nature or attributes of a transcendent idea
6: the assumption of behavior observed in other individuals
[2]imitation adj (1840): resembling something else that is usu. genuine and of better quality: not real "~ leather"