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Definition of 'ope'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • *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

    (op)
  • (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

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    Similar to 'ope'

    oboe, obe, opye, opie