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Ape Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ape: anthropoid \| aper \| caricature \| copycat \| emulator \| imitator Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ape: act \| act a part \| act as \| act out \| angwantibo \| anthropoid ape \| ape about \| appear like \| approach \| approximate \| aye-aye \| baboon \| bar \| Barbary ape \| be like \| be redolent of \| bear \| bear resemblance \| bring to mind \| bugs on \| burlesque \| call to mind \| call up \| Cape polecat \| capuchin \| caricature \| cavy \| chacma \| chimp \| chimpanzee \| Chiroptera \| come close \| come near \| compare with \| conformist \| coon \| copier \| copy \| copycat \| copyist \| correspond \| counterfeit \| counterfeiter \| cracked on \| crazy about \| cuckoo \| dissembler \| dissimulator \| do \| drill \| echo \| echoer \| echoist \| emulate \| enact \| entellus \| evoke \| faker \| favor \| ferret \| follow \| forger \| foumart \| freaked-out \| gaga over \| gibbon \| glutton \| gone on \| gorilla \| groundhog \| guenon \| guereza \| guinea pig \| hanuman \| hedgehog \| hepped up over \| hipped on \| hit off \| hit off on \| hot about \| hypocrite \| imitate \| imitator \| impersonate \| impersonator \| impostor \| Lagomorpha \| langur \| lemur \| look like \| macaque \| mad about \| make like \| man \| mandrill \| marmoset \| masquerade as \| match \| mime \| mimer \| mimic \| mimicker \| mirror \| mock \| mocker \| mockingbird \| monk \| monkey \| mountain gorilla \| mousehound \| near \| nearly reproduce \| not tell apart \| nuts about \| nuts on \| opossum \| orang \| orangutan \| pantomime \| parallel \| parody \| parrot \| partake of \| pass for \| perform \| personate \| phony \| plagiarist \| play \| play a part \| polecat \| poll-parrot \| polly \| polly-parrot \| porcupine \| pose as \| poseur \| possum \| prairie dog \| pretend to be \| Primates \| proboscis monkey \| quill pig \| raccoon \| remind one of \| resemble \| rhesus \| rival \| Rodentia \| saki \| savor of \| seem like \| sheep \| simulate \| simulator \| skunk \| smack of \| sound like \| stack up with \| starry-eyed over \| steamed up about \| suggest \| take after \| take off \| take off on \| travesty \| turned-on \| weasel \| whistle-pig \| wild about \| wolverine \| woodchuck \| zoril See Also \| anthropoid ape \| epigon \| epigone \| human \| imitate \| individual \| misfit \| mock \| mortal \| parrot \| person \| primate \| somebody \| someone \| soul Ape In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Ape Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Ape In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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