English Dictionary: aping | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. [bd]How he apes his sire.[b8] --Addison. The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. --Burke. |