Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Mime

Mime , noun

[Latin mimus, Greek {not transcribed}, akin to {not transcribed} to imitate, to mimic: compare French mime. Compare 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.
2.
An actor in such representations.
3.
The art of representing actions, events, situations, or stories solely by gestures and body movements, without speaking; pantomime{3}.
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.
5.
A mimic.

Mime (#) , intransitive verb

To mimic. [Obsolete]