LOPE, preterit tense of leap. obsolete
LOPE, noun [See leap.]
A leap; a long step. [A word in popular use in America.]
LOPE, verb intransitive To leap; to move or run with a long step, as a dog.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.