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Webster 1913 Edition
Lope
1.
To leap; to dance.
[Prov. Eng.]
“He that lopes on the ropes.” Middleton.
2.
To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse.
[U.S.]
Lope
,Noun.
1.
A leap; a long step.
[Prov. Eng.]
2.
An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
[U.S.]
The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal
lope
, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle. T. B. Thorpe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lope
LOPE
, pret. of leap. Obs.LOPE
,Noun.
A leap; a long step. [A word in popular use in America.]
LOPE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
Lope
Lope
Spanish
Proper noun
Lope m
- A male given name.
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Lope; in: Roberto Faure, Diccionario de nombres propios, 2007, ISBN 978-84-670-2375-6
lope
lope
English
Verb
lope (third-person singular simple present lopes, present participle loping, simple past and past participle loped)
- (obsolete) To jump, leap.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Bk.IX, Ch.xxxv:
- And as he cam by a ryver, in hys woodnes he wolde have made hys horse to have lopyn over the watir; and the horse fayled footyng and felle in the ryver
- Middleton
- He that lopes on the ropes.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur, Bk.IX, Ch.xxxv:
- To travel an easy pace with long strides.
- He loped along, hour after hour, not fast but steady and covering much ground.
Translations
to travel an easy pace with long strides
Noun
lope (plural lopes)
References
Anagrams
Inari Sami
Etymology
Related to Northern Sami lohpi.
Noun
lope
Inflection
| Inflection of lope[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | lope | loveh |
| Accusative | love | luuvijd |
| Genitive | love | luvij luuvij |
| Illative | lopán | luuvijd |
| Locative | looveest | luuvijn |
| Comitative | luuvijn | luvijguin |
| Abessive | lovettáá | luvijttáá |
| Essive | loppeen | — |
| Partitive | loppeed | — |