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stopt

[ stopt ]

verb

, Archaic.
  1. a simple past tense and past participle of stop.


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Example Sentences

The carriage drove slowly, but even under these circumstances we repeatedly stopt it.

At the end of the evening (which was abowt five o'clock the nex morning) they stopt.

He stopt, terrified at his own presumption; but the looks of Indiana were never more beautiful, and never less formidable.

They were selected from curious hot-house plants, and Camilla stopt to admire their beauty and fragrance.

He stopt, for surprised off his guard, he was speaking loud, and he saw Miss Margland approaching.

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