gaincope

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To catch up with, intercept, or encounter another person by taking a short-cut. obsolete,transitive
    — These came forth later than the rest but, coasting thwart a hill, They did gaincope him as he came and held their master still Until that all the rest came in and fastened on him too.

词形变化

gaincopes present,singular,third-person gaincoping participle,present gaincoped participle,past gaincoped past gain-cope alternative gainecope alternative

词源

From Middle English geynecowpen, equivalent to gain- + cope (“to strive, contend, oppose, encounter”).
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