Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • The antiquated preterit and past participle of help.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • obsolete imp. & p. p. of help.

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  • verb archaic Simple past of help.

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  • "COMINIUS: You have holp to ravish your own daughters, and

    To melt the city leads upon your pates;

    To see your wives dishonour'd to your noses..."

    - William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.

    August 29, 2009