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Copy   /kˈɑpi/   Listen
noun
Copy  n.  (pl. copies)  
1.
An abundance or plenty of anything. (Obs.) "She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus."
2.
An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue. "I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original."
3.
An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.
4.
That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation. "Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters."
5.
(print.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.
6.
A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.
7.
Copyhold; tenure; lease. (Obs.)
Copy book, a book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate.
Examined copies (Law), those which have been compared with the originals.
Exemplified copies, those which are attested under seal of a court.
Certified copies or Office copies, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially.
Synonyms: Imitation; transcript; duplicate; counterfeit.


verb
Copy  v. t.  (past & past part. copied; pres. part. copying)  
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. "I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied." "Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance."
2.
To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life. "We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation."


Copy  v. i.  
1.
To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
2.
To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well. "Some... never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things."





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"Copy" Quotes from Famous Books



... before it did. Yet, after all, perhaps this estimate is unjust. Society, like an individual organism, must creep before it can walk, and perhaps the Babylonian experiments in astrology and magic, which European civilization was destined to copy for some three or four thousand years, must have been made a part of the necessary evolution of our race in one place or in another. That thought, however, need not blind us to the essential fact, which the historian of science must needs admit, that for the Babylonian, ...
— A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5) • Henry Smith Williams
... I have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of a copy of the "American Muck Book," recently published by you, and edited ...
— Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained • M. Quinby
... you leave to read here, in this place, the copy of my mother's answer to your uncle's letter. Not one comment will I make upon it. I know my duty better. And here, therefore, taking the liberty to hope, that I may, in your present less disagreeable, though not wholly agreeable situation, provoke ...
— Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9) - History Of A Young Lady • Samuel Richardson
... mean slang words like those. The girls had no business to be using them. You must copy the best, and not ...
— The Leader of the Lower School - A Tale of School Life • Angela Brazil
... good day! Not at all, my dear friend; I have not forgotten you. It is this little girl, to whom I gave the notes yesterday to copy, and who has not touched ...
— Doctor Pascal • Emile Zola


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