imitate : (v.t.) 1. anukaroti; anuyāti; 2. katam anukaroti. (pp.) anukata; anuyata.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

bsnyen par byed pa

[translation-san] {C} anuvartate

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} approximate

[translation-eng] {C} last long; pursue; follow after; complies with; imitate; come to; go likewise; go with

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary