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Cross references: 1. copy 1. ape \'a-p\ \'a--.pli-k\ n [ME, fr. OE apa; akin to OHG affo ape] 1a: MONKEY; esp : one of the larger tailess Old World forms 1b: any of a family (Pongidae) of large semierect primates (as the chimpanzee or gorilla) - called also anthropoid ape 2a: MIMIC 2b: a large uncouth person - ape.like aj 2. ape vt : IMITATE, MIMIC - ap.er n