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Webster 1913 Edition


Ope

Ope

,
Adj.
Open.
[Poetic]
Spenser.
On Sunday heaven’s gate stands
ope
.
Herbert.

Ope

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
To open.
[Poetic]
Wilt thou not
ope
thy heart to know
What rainbows teach and sunsets show?
Emerson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ope

OPE

,
Adj.
Open. Obs.

OPE

,
Verb.
T.
To open; used only in poetry, and probably a contracted word.

Definition 2024


ope

ope

See also: 'ope and -ope

English

Adjective

ope (comparative more ope, superlative most ope)

  1. (now dialectal or poetic) Open. [from 13th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.6:
      Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […].
    • 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act V, Scene V, verses 191-192:
      We are all weary — faint — set ope the doors —
      I will to bed! — To-morrow —
    • Herbert
      On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope.

Verb

ope (third-person singular simple present opes, present participle oping, simple past and past participle oped)

  1. (archaic) To open.
    • 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I, scene II :
      The hour's now come, the very minute bids thee ope thine ear; obey and be attentive.

Anagrams


Finnish

(index op)

Etymology

Shortened form of opettaja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈope/
  • Hyphenation: o‧pe

Noun

ope

  1. (school, colloquial) teacher

Declension

Inflection of ope (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative ope opet
genitive open opejen
partitive opea opeja
illative opeen opeihin
singular plural
nominative ope opet
accusative nom. ope opet
gen. open
genitive open opejen
opeinrare
partitive opea opeja
inessive opessa opeissa
elative opesta opeista
illative opeen opeihin
adessive opella opeilla
ablative opelta opeilta
allative opelle opeille
essive opena opeina
translative opeksi opeiksi
instructive opein
abessive opetta opeitta
comitative opeineen

Synonyms


Latin

Noun

ope

  1. ablative singular of ops

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

ope

  1. neuter singular of open