ope

[ ohp ]

/ oʊp /

adjective, verb (used with or without object), oped, op·ing. Literary.

open.

Nearby words

opaque, opaque context, opaque projector, opaquely, opc, ope, opec, opechancanough, opelika, opelousas, open

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Examples from the Web for ope

A spokesman affirmed: “This meeting, like most OPE meetings, is closed to press and off the record.”
White House's Transgender Meeting|Nancy Goldstein|April 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But it were upsettin', and Jim and me did 'ope when we was moved to Mrs. Larkins's that we had a better time in store.
Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 152, February 21st, 1917|Various
Only 'ope they'll give us notice, and some place where we can go.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 102, Jan. 9, 1892|Various
It is in the moments of our highest 'ope, monsieur, that we are destroyed.
The Man Upstairs|P. G. Wodehouse

For rhetoric, he could not ope / His mouth, but out there flew a trope.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
I'm a miker out an' out, an' I 'ope I shall always remain a miker.
Tales of Mean Streets|Arthur Morrison

British Dictionary definitions for ope

ope

/ (əʊp) /

verb, adjective

an archaic or poetic word for open

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Word Origin and History for ope

ope

adj.

short for open (adj.), early 13c. "not closed; not hidden;" originally as awake is from awaken, etc. As a verb from mid-15c. Middle English had ope-head "bare-headed" (c.1300).