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▪ I. dupe, n.1|djuːp|
[a. F. dupe, † duppe (15th c.) deluded person: in 1426 said to belong to ‘the manner of speaking that they call jargon’.]
A person who allows himself to be deceived or deluded; one who is misled by false representations or notions; a victim of deception. Const. of, rarely to.
1681Temple Mem. ii. Wks. 1731 I. 344 They were other Mens Dupes, and did other Mens work. 1759Dilworth Pope 39 But Dennis was the dupe of his credulity. 1772Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 304 Dupes to the most fatal delusion and self deceit. 1830Scott Demonol. x. 356 The ready dupe of astrologers and soothsayers. 1845M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 22 But Gregory was not the dupe of this stratagem.
Hence ˈdupedom, ˈdupism.
1798A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 171 That single instance of dupism. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iv. i. (1845) 322 Imbecile Dupedom.
▪ II. dupe, n.2 colloq.|djuːp|
[Abbrev. of duplicate n.]
A duplicate; spec. in Cinemat., a duplicate negative made from a positive print (see quots.). Also attrib. or as adj.
1916E. W. Sargent Technique Photoplay (ed. 3) 361 Dupe, a pirated print of a film. Made by passing a genuine positive print through a printer in company with negative film whereby an imperfect duplicate of the negative is obtained from which prints are made. 1937A. Buchanan Film Making iii. 51 Frequently a ‘dupe’ negative is made... A dupe is created by printing a special lavender positive print from the original negative, and from that a second or duplicate negative is made in the laboratory. 1948[see dupe v.2]. 1969C. Young Todd Dossier 152 Rosen..sent me down to 326 to pick up a dupe file copy of Todd's surgery report.
▪ III. dupe, v.1
[a. F. dupe-r (17th c. in Hatz.-Darm.); or f. dupe n.1]
trans. To make a dupe of; to deceive, delude, befool; to cheat.
1704Swift T. Tub §9 Those entertainments and pleasures we most value in life, are such as dupe and play the wag with the senses. 1771Junius Lett. li. 264, I will not concur to dupe and mislead a senseless multitude. 1825Lytton Zicci 26, I am not to be duped by these solemn phrases. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 480 William had too much sense to be duped. 1895F. Hall Two Trifles 14, On his faith, I have been duped..into imagining myself able to [etc.].
Hence duped |djuːpt|, ppl. a.
1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters I. Pref., The duped populace. 1855Lewes Goethe I. ii. iv. 91 One of those duped dupers who still clung to the great promises of Alchemy.
▪ IV. dupe, v.2 Cinemat. colloq.|djuːp|
[f. dupe n.2]
trans. To make a ‘dupe’ of. Hence duped ppl. a., ˈduping vbl. n. Cf. dupe n.2
1912F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures xviii. 206 His most successful subjects were seized by American houses and ‘duped’—as unauthorized reproduction is called in cinematographic parlance in that country. 1923Ibid. (ed. 2) x. 134 These ‘duped’ (duplicated) films were highly indifferent. 1933A. Brunel Filmcraft 158 A duped negative has until recently always given prints considerably inferior to positives taken from an original negative. 1948E. Lindgren Art of Film 205 Duping print, special soft print..made from an original negative so that a dupe negative can subsequently be made from it. 1963Movie July/Aug. 33/1 Fleapit projectionists..duping and scratching the first sequence of cut-up film to make it look old. 1969J. Elliot Duel iii. ii. 233 She went to the cutting-rooms to learn the mysteries of..fine grain duping prints. |