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  1. Open. He foune the gate wyde ope, and in he rode. Spenser, F. Q., VI. vi. 19. Tear down these blacks, cast ope the casements wide. Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, iii. 2.
  2. To open. [Now only archaic.] Before you fight the battle, ope this letter. Shak., Lear, v. 1. 40.

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  • Burnett suggests that the larger supplies in Eur-ope, Russia and Ukraine will also depress the international feed barley prices, as well.
  • N ope, they notices, trust me on this, they noticed. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • "I 'ope--you'll accept--my good--wishes Captain Trimblett started as though he had been stung, and his temperature rose to as near boiling point as science and the human mechanism will allow. —  Salthaven
  • Ginger Dick's temper was awful; but Peter Russet said they mustn't give up all 'ope--he'd write to Ted Reddish and tell 'im as a friend wot a danger 'e was in. —  Light Freights
  • Here, Ching, old chap, we want to go As he spoke he gave our guide a sharp nudge, which made him turn round and stare Ti--ope--I--ow Do you hear? —  Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser
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  1. Middle English ope, a reduced form of open: see open, adjective
  2. from ope, adjective Cf. open, v.
 

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