Noah Webster
Mope
MOPE, verb intransitive [I have not found this word, unless in the D. moppen, to pout.]
To be very stupid; to be very dull; to drowse; to be spiritless or gloomy.
Demoniac phrensy, moping melancholy.
--Or but a sickly part of one true sense
Could not so mope
MOPE, verb transitive To make stupid or spiritless.
MOPE, noun A stupid or low spirited person; a drone.