ˈope-tide Now arch.
= open-tide.
| 1597 Bp. Hall Sat. ii. i. 13 So lavish ope-tyde causeth fasting lents. 1641 ― Serm. bef. King in Lent Rem. Wks. (1660) 69 There is an Ope-tyde by his allowance, as well as a Lent. 1911 Beerbohm Zuleika D. iii. 28 Her soul was as a flower in its opetide. She was in love. |