3. imitate, pattern or model after, do like, follow, follow suit, emulate, parallel, match, approximate; copy, Inf. copycat, mimic, mime, ape, monkey, parrot, repeat, reflect, mirror, echo; impersonate, SI. make like, mock, parody, Inf. take off, satirize, burlesque, caricature; simulate, assume, represent, take on, affect, put on.
4. counterfeit, forge, fake; plagiarize, SI. lift.
5. reperform, re-act, act or perform again, give a repeat performance, encore.
6. propagate, multiply, increase and multiply, proliferate, spawn; breed, procreate, produce, beget, engender, generate; bear, bring forth, deliver, give birth to, mother, father; (all of animals) sire, dam, drop, throw, hatch, farrow, foal, calve, whelp, fawn, kitten.
reproduction, n. 1. copy, duplicate, Inf. dupe, carbon copy, carbon, Inf. ditto, Trademark. Xerox, Trademark. Mimeograph, Inf. mimeo; replica, facsimile, ectype, print, reprint; forged signature, forgery, counterfeit, fake; likeness, image, representation, picture, illustration, photograph, Inf. photo, snapshot, Inf. snap; twin, identical twin, living or very image, double, look-alike, clone, exact match; perfect likeness, Inf. spit and image or spitting image, chip off the old block, SI. ringer, SI. dead ringer.
2. propagation, multiplication, increase, proliferation; breeding, procreation, production, begetting, generation; giving birth, parturition, delivery, bringing forth, bearing; (all of animals) dropping, hatching, laying, spawning,
reproductive, adj. progenitive, propagative, proliferative, procreative, productive, generative, concep-tive, germinative; sexual, sex.
reproof, n. reproval, rebuke, reproach, scolding, censure, reprehension, condemnation, reprimand. See - reprimand (def. 1). reprove, v. rebuke, reproach, rate, scold, censure, reprehend, condemn, denounce, disapprove, reprimand. See - reprimand (def. 2).
reptilian, adj. 1. reptiloid, reptilelike; saurian, lizardlike; creeping, Zool. reptant, Zool. repent.
2. base, vile, mean, low, Inf. low-down, contemptible, despicable; obsequious, groveling, slithering, crawling, cringing.
3. treacherous, dangerous, bad, hurtful, harmful, deleterious, pernicious; spiteful, malignant, malevolent, venomous, viperous, viperish. -n. 4. reptile, saurian, ophidian,
repudiate, v. 1. reject, disavow, forswear, renounce, (usu. under oath) abjure, disclaim; recant, retract, recall, unsay; deny, contradict, gainsay.
2. Law. disaffirm; nullify, annul, declare null and void, void, invalidate, cancel; abrogate, rescind, revoke; quash, set aside, overrule, veto, override, overturn, reverse, repeal, countermand; set at naught, dissolve, abolish, dismiss.
3. cast off, disown, abandon, discard; wash one's hands of, have nothing further to do with, turn one's back on, Inf. have no truck with.
4. disapprove, condemn; oppose, contravene, protest, object, demur, refuse assent, disagree; refute, disprove, confute.
5. ignore, disregard, neglect, slight; flout, spurn, scout, scorn, hold in contempt; evade, dishonor, refuse to honor; transgress, violate, disobey.
repudiation, n. 1. rejection, disavowal, renunciation, renouncement, (usu. under oath) abjuration, disclaimer, disclamation; recantation, retraction, recall; tergiversation, defection, apostasy; denial, contradiction, gainsay.
2. nullification, annulment, voidance, cancellation, Law. defeasance; abrogation, rescission, rescindment, revocation, veto, repeal; countermand, quashing, setting aside, dismissal, overturn, reversal, Law. disaf-firmation; abolition, dissolution.