v. t.
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. ]
☞ The
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.
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;
n. One who apes. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
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. ]
‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea). [ 1913 Webster ]