Mimicked (4)
I believe the answer is:
aped
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">mimicked</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 "Caricatured" , "Imitated in every aspect" , "Imitated like primate" , "was imitative" , "Copied" .)