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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. An imitation or reproduction of an original; a duplicate: a copy of a painting; made two copies of the letter.
2. n. One specimen or example of a printed text or picture: an autographed copy of a novel.
3. n. Material, such as a manuscript, that is to be set in type.
4. n. The words to be printed or spoken in an advertisement.
5. n. Suitable source material for journalism: Celebrities make good copy.
6. v. To make a reproduction or copy of.
7. v. To follow as a model or pattern; imitate. See Synonyms at imitate.
8. v. To make a copy or copies.
9. v. To admit of being copied: colored ink that does not copy well.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Abundance; plenty; copiousness.
2. n. A duplication, transcription, imitation, or reproduction of something; that which is not an original.
3. n. Specifically A completed reproduction, or one of a set or number of reproductions or imitations, containing the same matter, or having the same form and appearance, or executed in the same style, as an exemplar; a duplicate; a transcript: as, a copy of the Bible.
4. n. The thing copied or to be copied; something set for imitation or reproduction; a pattern, exemplar, or model; specifically, an example of penmanship to be copied by a pupil.
5. n. In printing, written or printed matter given to the printer to be reproduced in type.
6. n. Right to the use of literary manuscript; copyright.
7. n. A copyhold tenure; tenure in general.
8. n. A size of writing-paper measuring 16 X 20 inches.
9. To imitate; follow as a model or pattern.
10. To make a copy of; duplicate; reproduce; transcribe: sometimes followed by out, especially when applied to writing: as, to copy out a set of figures.
11. To imitate, or endeavor to be like, something regarded as a model; do something in imitation of an exemplar: sometimes followed by after: as. to copy after bad precedents.

Wiktionary

1. n. The result of copying (confer original); an identical duplication.
2. n. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
3. n. journalism The text that is to be typeset.
4. n. journalism A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy
5. n. marketing The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
6. n. uncountable The text of newspaper articles.
7. n. A school work pad.
8. n. A printed edition of a book or magazine.
9. v. transitive To produce an object identical to a given object.
10. v. transitive, computing To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
11. v. transitive To imitate.
12. v. transitive (radio) Receive a transmission successfully.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. obsolete An abundance or plenty of anything.
2. n. An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work.
3. n. An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author.
4. n. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
5. n. (print.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type.
6. n. A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.
7. n. obsolete Copyhold; tenure; lease.
8. v. To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; ; -- often with out, sometimes with off.
9. v. To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.
10. v. To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
11. v. To yield a duplicate or transcript.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks
2. v. reproduce or make an exact copy of
3. n. a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
4. v. copy down as is
5. n. material suitable for a journalistic account
6. n. a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing
7. n. matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
8. v. make a replica of