patterning

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pattern \Pat"tern\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patterned; p. pr. & vb. n. Patterning.]

1.To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

[A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise.— Sir T. Herbert.[1913 Webster]

2.To serve as an example for; also, to parallel. [1913 Webster]

To pattern after, to imitate; to follow. [1913 Webster]

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