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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tope  \Tope\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Toped}  (t[=o]pt);  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Toping}.]  [F.  t[^o]per  to  cover  a  stake  in  playing  at 
  dice,  to  accept  an  offer,  t[^o]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. 




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