Read full poem →Who, capable of no articulate sound,
Mars all things with his imitative lisp,
How he would place his hand beside his ear,
Dictionary Entry
Imitating; copying; not original.
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “imitative”
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Read full poem →so much time and labour to what is after all a pis
aller’! Nor did the more recent imitative attempt of
Kennedy escape: reviewing its alliterative measure—
Read full poem →the commanding general’s mismanagement of the army. One was
marching with an air imitative of some sublime drum major.
Upon his features was an unholy mixture of merriment and
Read full poem →Who, capable of no articulate sound,
Mars all things with his imitative lisp,
How he would place his hand beside his ear,
Read full poem →We hissed along the polished ice, in games
Confederate, imitative of the chase 35
And woodland pleasures,--the resounding horn,