toping

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toping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tope \Tope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toped (t[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb.
     n. Toping.] [F. t[^o]per to cover a stake in playing at
     dice, to accept an offer, t[^o]pe agreed!; -- perhaps
     imitative of the sound of striking hands on concluding a
     bargain. From being used in English as a drinking term,
     probably at first in accepting a toast.]
     To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous
     liquors to excess.
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           If you tope in form, and treat.          --Dryden.
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