copy

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Copied p. pr. & vb. n. Copying. ] [ Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See Copy, n. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I like the work well; ere it be demanded
(As like enough it will), I'd have it copied. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let this be copied out,
And keep it safe for our remembrance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation. Stewart. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To make a copy or copies; to imitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some . . . never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
Syn. -- imitator, ape, aper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Copier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing; -- made obsolete by later developments in copying technology; see xerography. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The writing or drawing is made with aniline ink on paper, and a reverse copy transfered by pressure to a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin. A large number of transcripts can be taken while the ink is fresh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Various names have been given to the process [ the gelatin copying process ], some of them acceptable and others absurd; hectograph, polygraph, copygraph, lithogram, etc. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eng. Law) (a) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court. Blackstone. (b) Land held in copyhold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Copyholds do not exist in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Eng. Law) One possessed of land in copyhold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (print.) (a) A device for holding copy for a compositor. (b) One who reads copy to a proof reader. [ 1913 Webster ]