different between imitate vs maintain

English

Etymology

From Latin imitatus, past participle of imito (“to copy, portray, imitate”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??m?te?t/

Verb

imitate (third-person singular simple present imitates, present participle imitating, simple past and past participle imitated)

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

Antonyms

• create

Related terms

• imitation
• imitative
• imitable
• imitator

Translations

Further reading

• imitate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• imitate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Esperanto

Adverb

imitate

1. present adverbial passive participle of imiti

Italian

Verb

imitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of imitare
2. second-person plural imperative of imitare
3. feminine plural of imitato

Anagrams

• ematiti

Latin

Participle

imit?te

1. vocative masculine singular of imit?tus

English

Etymology

From Middle English mayntenen, from Old French maintenir, from Late Latin man?tene?, man?ten?re (“I support”), from Latin man? (“with the hand”) + tene? (“I hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?n?te?n/, /m?n?te?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Verb

maintain (third-person singular simple present maintains, present participle maintaining, simple past and past participle maintained)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. [14^th-19^thc.]
2. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14^thc.]
3. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15^thc.]

Antonyms

• (to keep up): abandon

Derived terms

• maintainability

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• amanitin