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Webster 1913 Edition

Tope

Tope

(tōp)
,
Noun.
[Probably from Skr.
stūpa
a tope, a stupa, through Prakrit
thūpo
.]
A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.

Tope

,
Noun.
[Tamil
tōppu
.]
A grove or clump of trees;
as, a toddy
tope
.
[India]
Whitworth.

Tope

,
Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
A small shark or dogfish (
Galeorhinus galeus
syn.
Galeus galeus
), native of
Europe
, but found also on the coasts of
California
and
Tasmania
; – called also
toper
,
oil shark
,
miller’s dog
, and
penny dog
.
2.
(Zool.)
The wren.
[Prov. Eng.]

Tope

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Toped
(tōpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Toping
.]
[F.
tôper
to cover a stake in playing at dice, to accept an offer,
tôpe
agreed!; – perhaps imitative of the sound of striking hands on concluding a bargain. From being used in English as a drinking term, probably at first in accepting a toast.]
To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess.
If you
tope
in form, and treat.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tope

TOPE

,
Noun.
A fish of the shark kind, the squalus galeus of Linne.

TOPE

,
Verb.
I.
To drink hard; to drink strong or spiritus liquors to excess.
If you tope in form, and treat--

Definition 2025

topé

topé

See also: tope and -tope

Spanish

Verb

topé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of topar.

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