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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Copy \Cop"y\, 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.

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

Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our
remembrance. --Shak.

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.
--Stewart.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Copying \Cop"y*ing\, a. & n.
From {Copy}, v.

{Copying ink}. See under {Ink}.

{Copying paper}, thin unsized paper used for taking copies of
letters, etc., in a copying press.

{Copying press}, a machine for taking by pressure, an exact
copy of letters, etc., written in copying ink.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

copying
n : an act of copying

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