aping

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aping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ape \Ape\, v. t. [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.
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           The people of England will not ape the fashions they
           have never tried.                        --Burke.
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