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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people of England will not ape the fashions they have never tried. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa. ] 1. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The ape of the Old Testament was probably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dupe. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + peak. Cf. F. à pic vertically. ] (Naut.) In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak. [ Spelt also apeek. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being an ape. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + L. pellis skin. ] Destitute of skin. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Apenninus, fr. Celtic pen, or ben, peak, mountain. ] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. apepsia, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; uncooked, undigested; 'a priv. + &unr_; cooked, &unr_; to cook, digest. ] (Med.) Defective digestion, indigestion. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who apes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Aperçus /plu>. [ F., prop. p. p. of apercevoir to perceive. ] 1. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The main object being to develop the several aperçus or insights which furnish the method of such psychology. W. T. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience. James Ward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea). [ 1913 Webster ]