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Webster 1913 Edition


Lope

Lope

,
imp.
of
Leap
.
[Obs.]
And, laughing,
lope
into a tree.
Spenser
.

Lope

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Loped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Loping
.]
[See
Leap
.]
1.
To leap; to dance.
[Prov. Eng.]
“He that lopes on the ropes.”
Middleton.
2.
To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.
[U.S.]

Lope

,
Noun.
1.
A leap; a long step.
[Prov. Eng.]
2.
An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
[U.S.]
The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal
lope
, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle.
T. B. Thorpe.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lope

LOPE

, pret. of leap. Obs.

LOPE

,
Noun.
[See leap.]
A leap; a long step. [A word in popular use in America.]

LOPE

,
Verb.
I.
To leap; to move or run with a long step, as a dog.

Definition 2024


lopë

lopë

See also: lope and Lope

Albanian

Noun

lopë f

  1. cow