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Imitable   Listen
adjective
Imitable  adj.  
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."
2.
Worthy of imitation; as, imitable character or qualities.





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"Imitable" Quotes from Famous Books



... of taste, no revolution of science, have impaired, or can impair, his celebrity. The youth who looks forward to an inheritance which he is under no temptation to increase, will do well to bear the example of Evelyn in his mind, as containing nothing but what is imitable, and nothing but what is good. All persons, indeed, may find in his character something for imitation, but for an English gentleman he is ...
— A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden - 2nd edition • W. A. Ross
... imitable forms a peculiar argument for duty. That is made known for many reasons; among which must stand this,—that it may be observed and followed as an example. That, being perfect, is a safe and necessary ...
— The Ordinance of Covenanting • John Cunningham
... less celebrated Christian writers who were their predecessors or contemporaries, the prose of the fourth century is both small in amount and insignificant in quality. The revival in verse composition which followed the settlement of the Empire under Constantine scarcely spread to the less imitable art of prose. The school of eminent Roman grammarians who flourished about the middle of the century, and among whom Servius and Donatus are the leading names, while they commented on ancient masterpieces with inexhaustible industry, ...
— Latin Literature • J. W. Mackail


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