Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         The people of England will not ape the fashions they
         have never tried.                        --Burke.