Mod"el , v. i. (Fine Arts)
To make a
copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
Mod"el , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Modeled (?) or Modelled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Modeling or
Modelling.]
[Cf. F. modeler, It.
modellare.] To plan
or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model
or pattern for; to shape;
to mold; to
fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.
Mod"el (?), a. Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a
model house; a model husband.
Mod"el (?), n. [F. modèle, It.
modello, fr. (assumed) L. modellus, fr. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See Mode, and cf. Module.]
1. A miniature representation of a thing, with
the several parts in due proportion; sometimes,
a facsimile of the same size.
In
charts, in maps, and eke in models made.
Gascoigne.
I had my father's signet in my
purse,
Which was the model of that Danish seal.
Shak. You have the
models of several ancient temples, though the temples and the gods are perished.
Addison. 2. Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the
clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a
machine.
[The application for a patent]
must be accompanied by a full description of the invention, with drawings and a model where the case admits of it.
Am. Cyc.
When we mean to build
We first survey the plot, then draw the
model.
Shak.
3. Anything which serves, or may serve, as
an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.
4. That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.
He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model.
South. 5. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
Thou seest thy wretched brother die,
Who was the model of thy father's
life.
Shak.
6. A person who poses as a pattern
to an artist.
A
professional model.
H.
James. Working model, a model of a machine which can do on a small scale
the work which the machine itself does, or is
expected to do.
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