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(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

(n.) That by which a thing is to be measured; standard.

(3):

(v. i.) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.

(4):

(n.) A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

(5):

(n.) 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.

(6):

(n.) 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.

(7):

(n.) Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.

(8):

(n.) A person who poses as a pattern to an artist.

(9):

(a.) Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Model'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/model.html. 1828.
 
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