Mimic
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DRAMA MIMIC

dra'-ma mim'-ik. See GAMES.

Greek
3401. mimeomai -- to imitate
... Word Origin from mimos (a mimic) Definition to imitate NASB Word Usage
follow...example (2), imitate (2). follow. Middle voice from ...
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Concerning the Likeness and Agreement of the Fabulous and Civil ...
... And they who appointed the Epulones as parasites at the table of Jupiter,
what else did they wish for but mimic sacred rites. For ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 7 concerning the likeness and.htm

Concerning the Special Offices of the Gods.
... function,"about which we have spoken much already, though not all that is to be
said concerning it,"are they not more consistent with mimic buffoonery than ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 9 concerning the special offices.htm

Of those who Maintain that they Worship the Gods not for the Sake ...
... men, to teach on what account each god is to be worshipped, and what is to be sought
from each, lest with most disgraceful absurdity, such as a mimic is wont ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 1 of those who maintain.htm

Renewed Cautions.
... For these are subtle wolves, [1242] and apes that mimic the appearance of men.
Footnotes: [1240] Philippians 3:18, 19. [1241] The text is here doubtful. ...
/.../the epistle of ignatius to the antiochians/chapter vi renewed cautions.htm

School Days
... So they held mimic tournaments and played games in which they hurled lances through
suspended rings; they shot with bows and arrows; and of course they had ...
/.../greater things the story of saint stanislaus kostka /chapter v school days.htm

Conclusion.
... Nineteen hundred years have gone since all that we saw represented yesterday was
no mere mimic show but deadly tragic fact; nineteen hundred years during which ...
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The Treasure House
... Pearl Drops, keenly humorous, is a famous mimic and I once had the delight of,
unnoticed, joining an audience which she was fascinating by her mimicry of an ...
/.../the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xxiv the treasure house.htm

Argument: Tortures Most Unjustly Inflicted for the Confession of ...
... In the scenic games also the madness is not less, but the debauchery is more prolonged:
for now a mimic either expounds or shows forth adulteries; now ...
/.../chapter xxxvii argument tortures most unjustly.htm

The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity
... of his agents, he always leaves a weak point; his clattering statements are a little
too strongly scented and smell of a lie; and his mimic Christians are so ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/the touchstone of godly sincerity.htm

The Roman Conflagration and the Neronian Persecution.
... an insane passion for popular applause; he played on the lyre; he sung his odes
at supper; he drove his chariots in the circus; he appeared as a mimic on the ...
/.../history of the christian church volume i/section 37 the roman conflagration.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v.) To imitate speech and actions.

2. (n.) One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for sport; a copyist; a buffoon.

3. (v. t.) To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.

4. (v. t.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage.

Thesaurus
Mimic
... surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. DRAMA MIMIC. dra'-ma mim'-ik. See GAMES. ...
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Mock (43 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in
sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. 2. (vt ...
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Ape
... apes. 2. (n.) One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of
the ape); a mimic. 3. (n.) A dupe. 4. (vt) To mimic, as ...
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Millstones (6 Occurrences)

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Mina (6 Occurrences)

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Drama
... pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. DRAMA MIMIC. dra'-ma mim'-ik. See GAMES. ...
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Belie (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (v.) To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander. 4. (v.) To mimic; to counterfeit.
5. (v.) To fill with lies. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BELIE. ...
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Counterfeit (3 Occurrences)
... impostor; a cheat. 7. (vt) To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic;
as, to counterfeit the voice of another person. 8. (vt) To ...
/c/counterfeit.htm - 9k

Games (2 Occurrences)
... accounts in Les enfants de Nazareth, by the Abbe Le Camus (60-66; 101-10), of the
way in which the children of the modern Nazareth mimic scenes connected with ...
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Sea (4178 Occurrences)
... in a long line of foam down the steep declivity, bearing along huge fragments of
rocks, which, striking against each other, sounded like mimic thunder." I can ...
/s/sea.htm - 87k

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Mock (43 Occurrences)

Ape

Millstones (6 Occurrences)

Mina (6 Occurrences)

Drama

Belie (1 Occurrence)

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Games (2 Occurrences)

Sea (4178 Occurrences)

Dead (580 Occurrences)

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