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Copy   /kˈɑpi/   Listen
noun
Copy  n.  (pl. copies)  
1.
An abundance or plenty of anything. (Obs.) "She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus."
2.
An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue. "I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original."
3.
An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.
4.
That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation. "Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters."
5.
(print.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.
6.
A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.
7.
Copyhold; tenure; lease. (Obs.)
Copy book, a book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate.
Examined copies (Law), those which have been compared with the originals.
Exemplified copies, those which are attested under seal of a court.
Certified copies or Office copies, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially.
Synonyms: Imitation; transcript; duplicate; counterfeit.


verb
Copy  v. t.  (past & past part. copied; pres. part. copying)  
1.
To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; often with out, sometimes with off. "I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied." "Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance."
2.
To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life. "We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation."


Copy  v. i.  
1.
To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
2.
To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well. "Some... never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things."





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"Copy" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the Fourth Army in the Battles of the Hundred Days (HODDER AND STOUGHTON) is printed on pages the size of a copy of Punch, and with its accompanying case of maps it costs eighteen-pence to go through the post. It boasts a hundred full-page photographs, also sketches, charts, maps, panoramas and diagrams ad lib., a foreword by General Lord RAWLINSON and ten appendices; so ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, September 15, 1920 • Various
... appear from a copy of Gratian's Canons, preserved in the Celestine monastery in Paris, that the copyist was engaged twenty-one months in transcribing that manuscript. At this rate, the production of four thousand copies by one hand would require nearly eight thousand years, a work now ...
— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, V2 • William H. Prescott
... St. Cyril are recorded by Socrates, (l. vii. c. 13, 14, 15;) and the most reluctant bigotry is compelled to copy an historian who coolly styles the murderers of Hypatia. At the mention of that injured name, I am pleased to observe a blush even on the cheek of Baronius, ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 4 • Edward Gibbon
... life which distinguished His earthly career. And with this perfect example before us, we need never be in doubt or perplexity as to what is our duty; we may test our motives and our conduct by the teaching and example of Christ, and if we possess His mind we shall endeavour to copy His life—to "walk as Christ also walked"—to be in this world ...
— The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern • Knowles King
... Curiously even the frequent crudeness, haste, deficiencies, (flatness and puerilities by no means absent) prove upon the whole not out of keeping in any comprehensive collection of his works, heroically printed, "following copy," every piece, every line according to originals. Other poets might tremble for such boldness, such rawness. In "this odd-kind chiel" such points hardly mar the rest. Not only are they in consonance with the underlying spirit of the pieces, but complete the ...
— Complete Prose Works - Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy • Walt Whitman


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