Ope
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /əʊp/
- enPR: Åp
- Rhymes: -əʊp
Origin
Shortened for of open, by analogy with other past participles: compare awake, bespoke, etc.
Full definition of ope
Adjective
ope
- (now dialectal or poetic) Open. from 13th c.
- 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 —
- HerbertOn Sunday heaven's gate stands ope.
Verb
- (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.