ope

Etymology

From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of Middle English open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊp/
• enPR: ōp
• Rhymes: -əʊp

Adjective

ope (comparative more ope, superlative most ope)

1. (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 —

   • Herbert

     On Sunday heaven's gate stands ope.

Verb

ope (third-person singular simple present opes, present participle oping, simple past and past participle oped)

1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) 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.

   • Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin

     There came into many a burgher's pate / A text which says that heaven's gate / Opes to the rich at as easy rate / As the needle's eye takes a camel in!

Anagrams

• EPO, PEO, Poe, poe

Etymology

Shortened form of opettaja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈope/
• Hyphenation: o‧pe

Noun

ope

1. (school, colloquial) teacher

Noun

ope

1. ablative singular of ops

Adjective

ope

1. neuter singular of open