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English Dictionary: ape by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ape
n
  1. any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
  2. someone who copies the words or behavior of another
    Synonym(s): copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper
  3. person who resembles a nonhuman primate
    Synonym(s): anthropoid, ape
v
  1. imitate uncritically and in every aspect; "Her little brother apes her behavior"
  2. represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"
    Synonym(s): caricature, ape
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]:
   APE
  
      A {lossless} {audio} {compression}
      {algorithm} from {MonkeysAudio}.
  
      (2001-12-20)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   apE
  
      A graphics package from the Ohio Supercomputer
      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.
     
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