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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Mime \Mime\, n. [L. mimus, Gr. ?, akin to ? to imitate, to mimic: cf. F. mime. Cf. Mimosa.] 1. A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner; an ancient Greek or Roman form of farce. [1913 Webster +PJC]

    2. An actor in such representations. [1913 Webster]

    3. The art of representing actions, events, situations, or stories solely by gestures and body movements, without speaking; pantomime[3]. [PJC]

    4. An actor who performs or specializes in mime[3]; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; a pantomime[2]; a pantomimist; a mimer.

    Syn: mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist. [PJC]

    5. A mimic. [PJC]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Mime \Mime\, v. i. To mimic. [Obs.] -- Mim"er, n. [1913 Webster]