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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COPE, n.
1. A cover for the head.
2. A sacerdotal ornament or vestment worn in sacred ministrations. An ornament worn by chanters and subchanters, when they officiate in solemnity. It reaches from the shoulders to the feet.
3. Any thing spread or extended over the head; the arch or concave of the sky; the roof or covering of a house; the arch over a door, etc.
4. An ancient tribute due to the king or lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in some part of Derbyshire.
COPE, v.t.
1. To cover as with a cope.
2. To pare the beak or talons of a hawk.
3. To embrace.
COPE, v.i.
1. To strive or contend on equal terms, or with equal strength; to equal in combat; to match; to oppose with success.
The Generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens.
Till Luther rose, no power could cope with the pope.
He was too open and direct in his conduct, and possessed too little management-to cope with so cool and skillful an adversary.
2. To contend; to strive or struggle; to combat.
Host copd with host, dire was the din of war.
3. To encounter; to interchange kindness or sentiments.
4. To make return; to reward.
5. To exchange, or barter. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header, coping, cope]
2: a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions v
1: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -c?p, from Late Latin cappa head covering Date: 13th century 1. a long enveloping ecclesiastical vestment 2. a. something resembling a cope (as by concealing or covering) <the dark sky's starry cope — P. B. Shelley> b. coping II. transitive verb (coped; coping) Date: 14th century to cover or furnish with a cope III. verb (coped; coping) Etymology: Middle English copen, coupen, from Anglo-French couper to strike, cut, from cop, colp blow, from Late Latin colpus, alteration of Latin colaphus, from Greek kolaphos buffet Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. obsolete strike, fight 2. a. to maintain a contest or combat usually on even terms or with success — used with with b. to deal with and attempt to overcome problems and difficulties — often used with with <learning to cope with the demands of her schedule> 3. archaic meet, encounter transitive verb 1. obsolete to meet in combat 2. obsolete to come in contact with 3. obsolete match IV. transitive verb (coped; coping) Etymology: probably from French couper to cut Date: circa 1901 1. to shape (a structural member) to fit a coping or conform to the shape of another member 2. notch

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.intr. 1 (foll. by with) deal effectively or contend successfully with a person or task. 2 manage successfully; deal with a situation or problem (found they could no longer cope). Etymology: ME f. OF coper, colper f. cop, colp blow f. med.L colpus f. L colaphus f. Gk kolaphos blow with the fist 2. n. & v. --n. 1 Eccl. a long cloaklike vestment worn by a priest or bishop in ceremonies and processions. 2 esp. poet. a covering compared with a cope. --v.tr. cover with a cope or coping. Etymology: ME ult. f. LL cappa CAP, CAPE(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cope Cope, v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.] Some bending down and coping toward the earth. --Holland.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cope Cope, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). --J. H. Walsh.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cope Cope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coped (k[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Coping.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Cheap.] 1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with. Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak. 3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with. Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. --Philips. Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. --Addison.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cope Cope (k[=o]p), n. [A doublet of cape. See Cape, Cap.] 1. A covering for the head. [Obs.] --Johnson. 2. Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. ``The starry cope of heaven.'' --Milton. 3. An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions. --Piers plowman. A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes. --Bp. Burnet. 4. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England. 5. (Founding) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. --Knight. De Colange.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cope Cope, v. t. 1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.] 2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.] three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. --Shak. 3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter. I love to cope him in these sullen fits. --Shak. They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(copes, coping, coped) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully. It was amazing how my mother coped with bringing up three children on less than three pounds a week... The problems were an annoyance, but we managed to cope. = manage VERB: V with n/-ing, V 2. If you have to cope with an unpleasant situation, you have to accept it or bear it. She has had to cope with losing all her previous status and money. = contend VERB: V with n/-ing 3. If a machine or a system can cope with something, it is large enough or complex enough to deal with it satisfactorily. New blades have been designed to cope with the effects of dead insects... The speed of economic change has been so great that the tax-collecting system has been unable to cope. VERB: V with n, V

Moby Thesaurus

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