TOPED

Verb

toped

simple past tense and past participle of tope

Anagrams

• PEDOT, depot, dépôt, opted, poted

Source: Wiktionary


TOPE

Tope, n. Etym: [Probably from Skr. stpa a tope, astupa, through Prakrin tppo.]

Definition: A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument. often erected over a Buddhish relic.

Tope, n. Etym: [Tamil tppu.]

Definition: A grove or clumb of trees; as, a toddy tope. [India] Whitworth.

Tope, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, or 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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The wren. [Prov. Eng.]

Tope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toped; p. pr. & vb. n. Toping.] Etym: [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.]

Definition: To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess. If you tope in form, and treat. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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