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deloped

deloped is the simple past and past participle of delope.

Meaning of delope

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

Questions about deloped

What is deloped the simple past and past participle of?
Deloped is the simple past and past participle of delope.

Words near deloped in the dictionary

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

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