different between imitate vs immolation

English

Etymology

From Latin imitatus, past participle of imito (“to copy, portray, imitate”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??m?te?t/

Verb

imitate (third-person singular simple present imitates, present participle imitating, simple past and past participle imitated)

1. To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

Antonyms

• create

Related terms

• imitation
• imitative
• imitable
• imitator

Translations

Further reading

• imitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• imitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Esperanto

Adverb

imitate

1. present adverbial passive participle of imiti

Italian

Verb

imitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of imitare
2. second-person plural imperative of imitare
3. feminine plural of imitato

Anagrams

• ematiti

Latin

Participle

imit?te

1. vocative masculine singular of imit?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

immolation (countable and uncountable, plural immolations)

1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or sacrificed.
2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

Related terms

• immolate

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin immolatio, immolationem.

Pronunciation

Noun

immolation f (plural immolations)

1. immolation

Related terms

• immoler