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tope

1[tohp] ,verb, toped, top⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to drink alcoholic liquor habitually and to excess.
–verb (used with object)
2. to drink (liquor) habitually and to excess.

Origin:
1645–55; var. of obs. top to drink, in phrase top off (on the model of tip off to drink (a full helping) at a draught), special use of top to tilt. See topple

tope

2[tohp] ,
–noun
1. a small shark, Galeorhinus galeus, inhabiting waters along the European coast.
2. any of various related sharks of small to medium size.

Origin:
1680–90; akin to toper dogfish (Norfolk dial.)

tope

3[tohp] ,
–noun
(in Buddhist countries) a dome-shaped monument, usually for religious relics.

Origin:
1805–15; < Hindi ṭop
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stu·pa   (stōō'pə)   
n.  A dome-shaped monument, used to house Buddhist relics or to commemorate significant facts of Buddhism or Jainism. Also called tope3.

[Sanskrit stūpaḥ, tuft of hair, crown of the head, summit, stupa.]
tope 1   (tōp)   
tr. & intr.v.   toped, top·ing, topes
To drink (liquor) habitually and excessively or engage in such drinking.

[Possibly from obsolete tope, interjection used in proposing a toast.]
tope 2   (tōp)   
n.  A small, rough-skinned, widely distributed shark (Galeorhinus galeus) having an elongated conical snout.

[Origin unknown.]
tope 3   (tōp)   
n.  See stupa.

[Hindi top, probably from Prakrit thūpo, from Sanskrit stūpaḥ, tuft of hair, crown of the head, summit, stupa.]
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Word Origin & History

tope 
"to drink heavily," 1651, of unknown origin, perhaps ult. from It. toppa "done!" a word signifying acceptance of a bet.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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