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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ape \Ape\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Aped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aping}.] To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally. ''How he apes his sire.'' --Addison.
The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. --Burke.
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