ape

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From Middle English, from Old English apa.

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Singular
ape

Plural
apes

ape (plural apes)

  1. An animal of a class of primates generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
  2. (derogatory) An uncivilised person.

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animal
derogatory: person

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Infinitive
to ape

Third person singular
apes

Simple past
aped

Past participle
aped

Present participle
aping

to ape (third-person singular simple present apes, present participle aping, simple past and past participle aped)

  1. (transitive) To imitate.
    • 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 454,
      It is not conceived as a mere “aping” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.

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imitate

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[edit] Finnish

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ape (stem ap-*)

  1. horse food
  2. (colloquial) food

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Singular
ape

Plural
apes

ape (plural apes)

  1. bee

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ape f. (plural api)

  1. bee
  2. (familiar) honeybee

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ape m. (definite singular apen; indefinite plural aper; definite plural apene)

  1. ape, monkey

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ape f. pl.

  1. Plural form of apă. waters

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ape

  1. our

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