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   tope

   /təʊp/

   verb

   • 1. drink alcohol to excess, especially on a regular basis: archaic, literary "he was toping the while from a flagon of sack"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: perhaps an alteration of obsolete top ‘overbalance’; perhaps from Dutch toppen ‘slant or tilt a ship's yard’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. toper noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   What does Tope mean?

   • The Tope is a small shark found in tropical and temperate seas. The color of the tope is gray above and whitish gray beneath. Tope definition: to drink alcoholic liquor habitually and to excess.. See examples of TOPE used in a sentence.

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   Where did the word Tope come from?

   • The earliest known use of the verb tope is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for tope is from 1654, in the writing of Edmund Gayton, physician and hack writer. tope is of unknown origin.

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   What services does Tope provide?

   • Tope, founded in 2010, provides Engineering, Information Technology, VoIP/Telecomm, Translation, and Training services. They do so through dedicated and seasoned employees and their knowledge of state-of-the-art technologies.

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   What is an example of a 'topee'?

   • Recent Examples on the Web Completing the ensemble was that unmistakable symbol of imperialism, the pith helmet or solar topee. Nancy MacDonell, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2019 These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'topee.'

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   Learn the meanings and origins of four different words that share the spelling 'tope'. Find out how to use them as verbs, nouns, or shark names in British and American English.

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   Tope can be a verb meaning to drink liquor to excess, a noun for a shark or a stupa, or an interjection for good health. Learn the etymology, history, and examples of tope from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Tope can be a verb meaning to drink alcohol excessively, a noun for a small shark or a Buddhist monument, or an interjection in a toast. Learn the origin, pronunciation and examples of tope from Dictionary.com.

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   Tope can mean to drink alcohol habitually, a small shark, or a Buddhist monument. Find out the origin, synonyms, and translations of tope in different languages.

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   Tope can be a verb meaning to drink alcohol excessively, a noun for a Buddhist shrine or a shark, or an Indian term for a grove of trees. Learn more about the origin, synonyms and usage of tope from YourDictionary.

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   What does the verb tope mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb tope. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised. See meaning & use.

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   tope. volume_up. UK /təʊp/ noun (in South Asia) a grove or plantation of trees, especially mango trees Examples In 1894, Rice reported that there were about 2000 topes with about 100,000 trees in the entire Bangalore District. Indian. word origin.