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to ope

to ope

1 9.9
To move so something stops being closed, like a door or flower
  • verb
  • /oʊp/
  • Archaic
translation icon : abrir
  • In the old story, the treasure chest does ope to reveal its hidden riches to the brave adventurers.

Examples

  • Is it your trick to make me ope the door... that so my sad decrees may fly away... and all my study be to no effect?

    Titus (1999)

  • I am put in mind of Pope's description of Belinda's dressing table in The Rape of the Lock: "Unnumbered treasures ope at once, and here / The various offerings of the world appear."

    Academic text (1995)

  • I wish I never would've ope'...

    Chef (2014)

  • But we aII thought... ope.

    Raising Helen (2004)

  • ...nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold.

    Romeo + Juliet (1996)

  • But you can trap her in a net when she opes the door in a mouse water bomb in a mouse trap.

  • Behold... ...the heavens do ope... ...the gods look down... ...and this unnatural scene they laugh at.

    Coriolanus (2011)

  • As the sun began to rise, I heard her softly ope the window to let in the fresh morning air.

  • He would often ope the book of ancient spells, hoping to discover a long-lost magic.

Synonyms

to open
vsto ope
∞ 1.0

To lead into another room or space

is an archaic poetic form used for the same action

Antonyms

to close
∞ 1.0

To shut something so it is not open

Surface Forms

ope infinitive
oped past
oped past participle
oping present participle
opes third person singular

Etymology

Ope as a verb is an old, poetic short form of the common word open, which means 'to open'. So when writers say ope they mean 'open' in an old or poetic way.