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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tope \Tope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toped} (t[omac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Toping}.] [F. t[ocir]per to cover a stake in playing at dice, to accept an offer, t[ocir]pe 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.] To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess. If you tope in form, and treat. --Dryden. | |
