imitating

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of imitate

noun

1. An instance of imitation.

   “According to Stoddard, a little group at one time during this period headed by Taylor delighted to meet on certain ambrosial nights to dissipate in poetic composition, in deliberate burlesquings and parodyings and imitatings of the various poets […]”