cape

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[edit] English

Cape Cod.

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Middle French cap, from Latin caput (head).

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cape (plural capes)

  1. (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
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Old English capa, from Late Latin cappa (cape).

A young woman in a crocheted cape.

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cape (plural capes)

  1. A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips.
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cape (third-person singular simple present capes, present participle caping, simple past and past participle caped)

  1. (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
    The ship capes southwest by south.
  2. (obsolete) To gape.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  3. To skin an animal, particularly a deer.

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cape

  1. first-person singular present indicative of caper
  2. third-person singular present indicative of caper
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of caper
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of caper
  5. second-person singular imperative of caper

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cape

  1. tired (slang)

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cape f.

  1. Plural form of capa.

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cape

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of capiō
    1. "capture thou, seize thou, take thou"
    2. "take thou on"
    3. "take thou in, understand thou"

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[edit] Etymology

From English cape, from French, from Medieval Latin . Cognate with kappe (cloak), kåpe (cloak)

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cape m.

  1. cape (sleeveless garment used by women)

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[edit] References

  • cape” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk DictionaryDokumentasjonsprosjektet.
  • cape” in The Ordnett Dictionary
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