The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ape \Ape\ ([=a]p), 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
      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.
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   Note: The ape of the Old Testament was probably the rhesus
         monkey of India, and allied forms.
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   2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of
      the ape); a mimic. --Byron.
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   3. A dupe. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ape \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.
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         The people of England will not ape the fashions they
         have never tried.                        --Burke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ape
    n 1: any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
    2: someone who copies the words or behavior of another [syn:
       copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper]
    3: person who resembles a nonhuman primate [syn: anthropoid,
       ape]
    v 1: imitate uncritically and in every aspect; "Her little
         brother apes her behavior"
    2: represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing
       caricatured the President" [syn: caricature, ape]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

APE

    A lossless audio compression
   algorithm from MonkeysAudio.

   (2001-12-20)


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

apE

    A graphics package from the Ohio Supercomputer
   Centre.

   (1995-11-29)