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n. [ Ope + tide. ] Open time; -- applied to different things: (a) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening. [ Archaic ] Nares. (b) The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [ Eng. ] (c) The time after harvest when the common fields are open to all kinds of stock. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ Written also opentide. ] [ 1913 Webster ]