Part 7055

<hw>Mi*me"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ imitation.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet. & Biol.)</fld> <def>Imitation; mimicry.</def>

<h1>Mimetene</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mim"e*tene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Mimetite</er>.</def>

<h1>Mimetic; 277, Mimetical</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw><hw>Mi*met"ic</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <hw>Mi*met"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw><ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to imitate.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; <as>as, <ex>mimetic</ex> species; <ex>mimetic</ex> organisms. See <er>Mimicry</er>.</as></def>

<h1>Mimetism</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mim"e*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Gr. <?/ to mimic.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Mimicry</er>.</def>

<h1>Mimetite</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mim"e*tite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an imitator. So called because it resembles pyromorphite.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A mineral occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal crystals. It is an arseniate of lead.</def>

<h1>Mimic, Mimical</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw><hw>Mim"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mim"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>mimicus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ mime: cf. F. <ets>mimique</ets>. See <er>Mime</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Imitative; mimetic.</def>

<blockquote>Oft, in her absence, <b>mimic</b> fancy wakes To imitate her. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Man is, of all creatures, the most <b>mimical</b>. <i>W. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; <as>as, <ex>mimic</ex> gestures</as>.</def> "<i>Mimic</i> hootings."

<i>Wordsworth.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Mimic</i> often implies something droll or ludicrous, and is less dignified than <i>imitative</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Mimic beetle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a beetle that feigns death when disturbed, esp. the species of <spn>Hister</spn> and allied genera.</cd></cs>

<h1>Mimic</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mim"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Mimic</h1> <Xpage=925>

<hw>Mim"ic</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Mimicked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Mimicking</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.</def>

<blockquote>The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The habit <b>mimic</b>, and the mien belie. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>