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delope

delope verb: to fire a gun into the air in order to end a duel.

Verb

delope (third-person singular simple present delopes, present participle deloping, simple past and past participle deloped)

  1. (Ireland, UK, obsolete) To fire a gun into the air in order to end a duel.
    • The old man raised his arm as though it had been palsied, and fired, of course without effect. The other principal immediately deloped, much to the satisfaction of my friend and all present.1868, Andrew Steinmetz, The Romance of Duelling in All Times and Countries, volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, page 107
    • Scuddy said simply, “You deloped, Lord Harry. I was very proud of you.” “Deloped? Come, Scuddy, one delopes with a pistol. Our duel was with foils.”2003, Catherine Coulter, Lord Harry, Penguin, →ISBN, page 326

Forms of delope

third-person singular presentdelopes
present participledeloping
past participledeloped
pastdeloped

Origin of delope

From French déloper (“throw away”).

Questions about delope

What does delope mean?
Delope means to fire a gun into the air in order to end a duel.
What part of speech is delope?
Delope is a verb.
What is the past tense of delope?
The past tense of delope is deloped.

Words near delope in the dictionary

  1. DeLonges
  2. Delongley
  3. Delongs
  4. Delons
  5. Delonte
  6. delope
  7. deloped
  8. delopes
  9. deloping
  10. Deloraine
  11. Deloraine-Winchester

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