English Dictionary: ape | by the DICT Development Group |
6 results for ape | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. [bd]How he apes his sire.[b8] --Addison. The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. --Burke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ape \Ape\ ([amac]p), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family {Simiad[91]}, 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. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
apE Centre. (1995-11-29) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ape an animal of the monkey tribe (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21). It was brought from India by the fleets of Solomon and Hiram, and was called by the Hebrews _koph_, and by the Greeks _kepos_, both words being just the Indian Tamil name of the monkey, kapi, i.e., swift, nimble, active. No species of ape has ever been found in Palestine or the adjacent regions. |