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Definition of Ape
Ape 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.
Ape Ape Ape ([=a]p), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G.
affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family
Simiad[ae], having teeth of the same number and form as
in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches.
The name is applied esp. to species of the genus
Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for
all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee,
and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man
apes.
Note: The ape of the Old Testament was probably the rhesus
monkey of India, and allied forms.
2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of
the ape); a mimic. --Byron.
3. A dupe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.