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Definition of Apery
1. Noun. The act of mimicking; imitative behavior.
Generic synonyms: Impersonation, Personation
Specialized synonyms: Mockery, Parody, Takeoff
Derivative terms: Ape
Definition of Apery
1. n. A place where apes are kept.
Definition of Apery
1. Noun. A place where apes are kept. ¹
2. Noun. The practice of aping; an apish action. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apery
1. the act of aping [n -ERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apery
Literary usage of Apery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phaedo of Plato by Plato, Richard Dakre Archer-Hind (1883)
"... apery. To the student of Plato's ethics it is obviously important to determine
exactly what is to be understood by the popular, as contrasted with the ..."
2. Essays and Studies Presented to William Ridgeway ... on His Sixtieth by Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1914)
"Our souls being immortal, we may have had a pre-natal knowledge of apery as of
other things. Thus, when we now seem to be learning, or to be taught, ..."
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