APE
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Ape (&ā;p), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zo&ö;l.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadæ, 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.
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&hand_; The ape of the Old Testament was probably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms.
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2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. Byron.
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3. A dupe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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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.
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The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried.
Burke.
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