imitate

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imitātus, perfect active participle of imitor (“to copy, portray, imitate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French imiter.

1. To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

   “Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.”

   “A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.”