mope

mope is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To be dull and spiritless. "Moping melancholy." Milton. A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. Shak.
  2. 2.To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]
  3. 3.A dull, spiritless person. Burton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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