Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         The people of England will not ape the fashions they
         have never tried.                        --Burke.

Ape \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.

Source : WordNet®

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
     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}, {aper}]
     3: person who resembles a non-human primate [syn: {anthropoid}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

APE
     
         A {lossless} {audio} {compression}
        {algorithm} from {MonkeysAudio}.
     
        (2001-12-20)

apE
     
         A graphics package from the Ohio Supercomputer
        Centre.
     
        (1995-11-29)