ape
/eɪp/ verb C2- To behave like an ape.
- To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
He/she/it apes · Past aped · Past participle aped · -ing form aping
Verb forms
- Base form
- ape
- He/she/it
- apes
- Past
- aped
- Past participle
- aped
- -ing form
- aping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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After these preparations he signified that the two men should be brought before him, and greeted them with this salutation: “What sort of a king do I seem to you to be, O strangers?” The Lying Traveler replied, “You seem to me a most mighty king.” “And what is your estimate of those you see around me?” “These,” he made answer, “are worthy companions of yourself, fit at least to be ambassadors and leaders of armies.” The Ape and all his court, gratified with the lie, commanded that a handsome present be given to the flatterer.
On this the truthful Traveler thought to himself, “If so great a reward be given for a lie, with what gift may not I be rewarded, if, according to my custom, I tell the truth?” The Ape quickly turned to him.
“And pray how do I and these my friends around me seem to you?” “Thou art,” he said, “a most excellent Ape, and all these thy companions after thy example are excellent Apes too.” The King of the Apes, enraged at hearing these truths, gave him over to the teeth and claws of his companions.
## The Wolf, the Fox, and the Ape
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