MOPE, verb intransitive [I have not found this word, unless in the D. moppen, to pout.] To be very stupid; to be very dull; to drowse; to be spiritless or gloomy. Demoniac phrensy, moping melancholy. --Or but a sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope MOPE, verb transitive To make stupid or spiritless. MOPE, noun A stupid or low spirited person; a drone.
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