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cape 1

 (kāp)
n.
1. A sleeveless outer garment fastened at the throat and worn hanging over the shoulders.
2. A brightly colored cloth used in maneuvering the bull in a bullfight; a capote or muleta.
tr.v. caped, cap·ing, capes
To maneuver (the bull) by means of a cape in a bullfight.
[Middle French cape, from Spanish capa (from Late Latin cappa).]

cape 2

 (kāp)
n. Abbr. C.
A point or head of land projecting into a body of water.
[Middle English cap, from Old French, from Old Provençal, from Latin caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

Cape

 (kāp) or Cape of
For names of actual capes, see the specific element of the names; for example, Hatteras, Cape; Good Hope, Cape of. Other geographic names beginning with Cape are entered under Cape; for example, Cape Town, South Africa; Cape York Peninsula.
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caped

(keɪpt)
adj
wearing a cape
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I used to imagine that the ,nobles' of whom Antonia was always talking probably looked very much like Christian Harling, wore caped overcoats like his, and just such a glittering diamond upon the little finger.
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He had been where there was red of blood and black of passion, and he was es- caped. His first thoughts were given to rejoic- ings at this fact.
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"On rice and fish," I interrupted smartly, gig gling with the sheer nervousness of a danger es caped.
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I suppose I looked like a man who had es- caped a den of wild beasts, and barely escaped them.
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