Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To get over or go across the nearest way to meet.
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- verb transitive To
catch up with,intercept , orencounter another person by taking ashort-cut . - verb To
get over orgo across the nearest way tomeet . - verb dialectal To
cross a field;strike off the nearest way to the top or head of the land;intercept someone by taking a short-cut across a field.
Etymologies
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From Middle English geynecowpen, equivalent to gain- + cope (“to strive, contend, oppose, encounter”).
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