[mim.ic] n (1590) 1: mime 2
2: one that mimics
[2]mimic adj [L mimicus, fr. Gk mimikos, fr. mimos mime] (1598) 1 a: imitative b: imitation, mock "a ~ battle"
2: of or relating to mime or mimicry [3]mimic vt mim.icked ; mim.ick.ing (1687) 1: to imitate closely: ape
2: to ridicule by imitation
3: simulate
4: to resemble by biological mimicry syn see copy