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Webster 1913 Edition
Opetide
Ope′tideˊ
,Noun.
[
Ope
+ tide
.] Open time; – applied to different things
: (a)
The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening.
[Archaic]
Nares.
(b)
The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches.
[Eng.]
(c)
The time after harvest when the common fields are open to all kinds of stock.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
[Written also
opentide
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Opetide
O'PETIDE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
opetide
opetide
English
Noun
opetide (uncountable)
- (rare, obsolete) The open time; that part of the year outside Lent when there is no required fast. [16th-17th c.]
- (rare, literary) Open time; the time when something is open, accessible. [from 20th c.]
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1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- Her soul was as a flower in its opetide. She was in love.
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1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
Synonyms
- opentide