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Imitable

Imitable \Im"i*ta*ble\, a. [L. imitabilis: cf. F. imitable. See Imitate.]

  1. Capable of being imitated or copied.

    The characters of man placed in lower stations of life are more usefull, as being imitable by great numbers.
    --Atterbury.

  2. Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities.
    --Sir W. Raleigh.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
imitable

from French imitable (16c.), from Latin imitabilis "that may be imitated," from imitari (see imitation). Related: Imitability.

Wiktionary
imitable

a. 1 Capable of being imitated or copied. 2 Worthy of imitation.

Usage examples of "imitable".

This is self-perfective activity, the patterned plan, and it is this evidence in nature that tends to be supportive of the notion of a divine essence imitable outside itself and that also tends to lead us implicitly to the conclusion that self-perfective free activity in this life leads to beatitude in the next.

The President had then turned his wizened-apple head toward her and, in his highly imitable Yankee voice, said, “.