imitate

Etymology

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

verb

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. 1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, page 170
   The room was dark and cool, lit with a dim red light. “This was designed to imitate a cave,” said Rosas. August 21 2019, Tik Root, “Inside the Race to Build the World's First Commercial Octopus Farm”, in Time