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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Copying \Cop"y*ing\, a. & n.
     From {Copy}, v.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              I like the work well; ere it be demanded
              (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Let this be copied out,
              And keep it safe for our remembrance. --Shak.
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     2. To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or
        course of life.
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              We copy instinctively the voices of our companions,
              their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
                                                    --Stewart.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  copying
       n : an act of copying

















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