Definitions for: Ape

[n] any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
[n] person who resembles a non-human primate
[n] someone who copies the words or behavior of another
[v] represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"
[v] imitate uncritically and in every aspect; "Her little brother apes her behavior"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

Synonyms: anthropoid, aper, caricature, copycat, emulator, imitator

See Also: anthropoid ape, epigon, epigone, human, imitate, individual, misfit, mock, mortal, parrot, person, primate, somebody, someone, soul

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