Emulated (4)
I believe the answer is:
aped
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">emulated</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for aped that I've seen before include "Imitated, mimicked" , "Followed" , "Imitated in every aspect" , "was imitative" , "took off" .)