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[ME., Every yere in scopes hem to brenne, And thicker, gretter, swetter wol up renne. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 84. scopes (skōp), n. [Early mod. E. also skope ; = Pg . scopo , aim, object, scopo , a mark or butt to shoot at, aim, scope, purpose, intent, scopos , a mark, aim, σκοπεῖν , see, σκέπτεσθαι , see, view, consider, = L. specere, see: see skeptic , spy .] 1. A mark to shoot at; a target. And, shooting wide, doe mi e the marked scope . Spenser, Shep. Cal., November. 2. That which is aimed at; end or aim kept or to be kept in view; that which is to be reached or accomplished; ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention. Your scope is as mine own, So to enforce and qualify the laws As to your soul seems good. Shak., M. for M., i. 1. 65. Milton , P. R., i. 494. Thy coming hither, though I know thy scope , I bid not, or forbid. 3. Outlook; intellectual range or view: as, a mind of wide scope.-4. Room for free outlook or aim; range or field of free observation or action; room; space. O, cut my lace in sunder, that my pent heart May have some scope to beat. Shak., Rich. III., iv. 1. 35. All the uses of nature admit of being summed in one, which yields the activity of man an infinite scope . Emerson , Nature. 5. Extent; length; sweep; ( naut. ) length of cable or anchor-chain at which a ve el rides when at anchor: as, scope of cable. The glorious Prince, whose Scepter ever shines, Whose Kingdom's scope the Heav'n of Heav'ns confines. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Lawe. When out to a good scope, from forty-five to sixty fathoms, according to the depth of water, let go the weather bower and veer away roundly. Luce, Seamanship, p. 525. 6t. A wide tract. The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers were too large. Sir J. Davies , State of Ireland. 71. A liberty; a license enjoyed; hence, an act of riot or exce . As surfeit is the father of much fast, So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. Shak., M. for M., i. 2. 131.